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YEREVAN, MARCH 3, ARMENPRESS. The court proceedings over the former Azerbaijani Member of Parliament Dunyamin Khalilov and others resumed in a Baku Court, Haqqin reported.
Despite Khalilov refusing to testify in court, earlier he had confessed during the investigation that through his mediation head of the International Bank of Azerbaijan Jahangir Jajiyev had created several limited liability companies for financing his foreign projects.
Therefore, numerous companies were founded, the “fictitious” management of which were ordinary employees of Khalilov’s General Construction.
The International Bank of Azerbaijan provided millions of dollars in loans to many of them, which were later transferred to offshore accounts and used for realizing different projects abroad.
Teymur Guliyev, a witness in the case, who worked as an electrician in the Inter Tekstil company, said how he was forced to sign various documents for 8 years by his supervisor. Prior to the court proceedings, he even had no idea that a 200 thousand manat loan is issued under his name.
A similar testimony was given by Farman Bagirov, who was employed as a driver. He had also been forced to sign various bank documents. It was only several years later that he found out about a 210 thousand manat loan under his name. One of the janitors also gave similar testimony.