The trial on the criminal case of Hajiyev Rufat Malik oglu, the former head of the Guba-Khachmaz Regional Education Department, has concluded.
AzEdu.az reports that the verdict was read out in the process held at the Sumgayit Court for Grave Crimes.
According to the verdict, Rufat Hajiyev was sentenced to 8 years and 6 months of imprisonment.
It should be noted that he was accused of committing illegal acts in the field of education.
According to information disseminated by the Prosecutor General's Office, based on information received regarding the illegal actions of Hajiyev Rufat Malik oglu, who worked as the head of the Guba-Khachmaz Regional Education Department of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a criminal case was initiated at the Main Department for Combating Corruption under the Prosecutor General.
The investigation established reasonable suspicions that Rufat Hajiyev, while working as the head of the Guba District Education Department (currently abolished) in 2017-2022 and the Guba-Khachmaz Regional Education Department in 2022-2023, personally received a total of over 65,000 manats from various individuals for the extension of employment contracts, appointment to the position of secondary school director, non-conduct of inspections in educational institutions, general patronage in service, and other illegal purposes, as well as mediated the receipt of 20,000 manats as a bribe by Intigam Hajiyev, who worked as the head of the Education Audit Sector of the Social Spheres Audit Department of the Chamber of Accounts, and at the same time, laundered over 175,000 manats obtained illegally by conducting various financial transactions in the names of his relatives.
Based on the collected evidence, Rufat Hajiyev was charged with final accusations under Articles 193-1.3.2 (legalization of a significant amount of property obtained through criminal means), 308.2, 32.5, 308.2 (abuse of official powers leading to grave consequences and aiding in the commission of this criminal act), 311.3.2 and 311.3.3 (repeated bribery and bribery on a large scale) of the Criminal Code, and a pre-trial detention measure was chosen against him by court decision based on the investigator's motion and the prosecutor's submission, who exercised procedural leadership over the preliminary investigation.
Intigam Hajiyev, on the other hand, was charged under Articles 308.2 (abuse of official powers leading to grave consequences) and 311.3.3 (bribery on a large scale) of the Criminal Code, and a house arrest measure was chosen against him by court decision based on the investigator's motion and the prosecutor's submission, who exercised procedural leadership over the preliminary investigation.
The criminal case was sent to the Sumgayit Court for Grave Crimes for consideration according to its jurisdiction.
