The General Directorate for Combating Corruption in the Prosecutor General’s Office conducted searching events, as a result of which two media employees accused of blackmail were detained.
It turned out that the head of the information portal “CIA.AZ” Asaf Novruzov together with the employee of the site Maksud Safarov demanded bribes from representatives of various state structures, enterprises and organizations, threatening in case of non-payment to publish false and dischargeable information, to cause their reputation damage. There are reasonable suspicions that the novels and Safarov received different amounts of money at different times.
In the Prosecutor General’s Office, a criminal case on the relevant Articles of the Criminal Code was initiated on the basis of these facts. By the decision of the court of the Novruzov and Safarov enclosed.
When searching for premises occupied by these persons, notebooks were discovered and removed notebooks with marks about various amounts of money and other documents having evidentiary importance. The investigation continues.