Movlam Shikhaliev was sentenced to 12 years in prison

Former chief of the Main Investigative Department of the abolished Ministry of National Security, Major General Movlam Shikhaliev, read the verdict in court.

According to haqqin.az, the verdict of the Baku military court, M. Shikhaliev was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

According to the charges, in 2008-2014, when Movlam Shikhaliev served as the head of the main investigative department, the ex-head of one of the departments under the administration of Vusal Alekperov, ex-deputy head of the department Yasin Mammadov, ex-deputy head of the department of Sahib Alekperov as part organized group extorted large amounts of money from businessmen.

The consequence established reasonable suspicions that Movlam Shikhaliev extorted money in a total amount of 14 million 292 thousand manat, as well as someone else’s property in the amount of 5 million 77 thousand manat, abusing the authority and falsification of evidence

Movlam Shikhaliev was charged under Articles 182.3.1, 182.3.2 (extortion by an organized group with the aim of obtaining property on a large amount), 294.3 (falsification of evidence), 311.3.1 (receipt of a bribe by a group of persons with whom he was in conspiracy , or an organized group) and other articles of the Criminal Code.

In total, the criminal case mentions 32 victims.