Proceedings on criminal case of IBA ex-head continue in Baku
By Trend
The Baku Grave Crimes Court continued the trial proceedings on the criminal case of the former head of the International Bank of Azerbaijan Jahangir Hajiyev, his relative Ismayil Hidayetzade, ex-MP Dunyamin Khalilov, also Jamal Hasanov, Sarkhan Rasulov, Natig Imanov, Samir Hajiyev, Tabriz Abdulhamidov, Mahir Gafarov, Sadikh Murtuzayev, Tarlan Maharramov, Fakhraddin Heybatov, Ramin Ahmadov, Fariz Muradov, Salahaddin Gadirov, Erkhan Javad, Arif Ramazanov, Navai Shirinov, Svetlana Asadullayeva, Arif Madatov, Adil Mikailov and Ramiz Karimov accused of embezzlement, Trend reports.
At the trial, which was chaired by Faig Ganiyev, it was announced that witness Rashad Hajiyev sent a telegram to the court that he is absent in Azerbaijan, and therefore cannot take part in the trial, and confirmed the evidence given during the investigation.
The judge noted that another witness, Rauf Khalilov, is also absent, he is in Canada, but didn’t inform the court about this.
Speaking as a witness at the trial, Rovshan Ismayilov said that he worked at the International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) since 1997, and in 2002-2012 was deputy chairman of the bank’s board.
“The protocols on bill transactions were signed by the chairman and his secretaries,” Ismayilov noted. “My responsibility was to monitor and inform about financial issues in the bank. The same operations were controlled by the Treasury Department. All questions related to projects were reported to Jahangir Hajiyev and the issues related to the Moscow branch of the bank were discussed in the board.”
Another witness, Shahin Rasulov, confirmed his testimony given during the investigation.
He said that despite being a member of the IBA Credit Committee, he didn’t participate in its meetings.