The next court hearing over the head of BIXNA Tikinti Kompaniyası LLC Useir Gasanov, who is accused of assigning more than 7 million manat of budget money allocated for the construction of the ammunition warehouse and related work.
According to the Haqqın.az correspondent, the judge decided to satisfy the request of the entrepreneur’s lawyers to consider the case in closed mode. Journalists were removed from the hall.
Note that with this request, Gasanov’s lawyers, referring to a commercial secret, turned to the court during the preliminary meeting, but received a refusal. The judge, however, noted that individual episodes can be considered closed if confidential facts are opened.
We recall that Hasanov, who is under investigation in the Baku court for serious crimes, is accused of embezzlement and official forgery. He faces up to 14 years in prison.
The head of the company is accused of that in 2011-2017 he did not fully fulfill his obligations during the construction of an ammunition warehouse, laying communication lines and installing furniture, and also overestimated prices in the documents. Additionally, 1.8 million manat, the company Hasanov, according to the prosecution, was wasted during the work in the Museum of History.
Hasanov himself does not admit his guilt and notes that the accusations were brought to him without a thorough investigation and presenting reliable evidence.
“I do not know why I was arrested. All the prosecution is built on documents from the Ministry of Finance. During the investigation, my lawyers asked to interrogate the witnesses, but this was not done. If there was not enough money somewhere, I will pay,” said it. At the trial, the head of the company.