Plucus financial scam in Baku: Interpol, Pepsi and hundreds of thousands of dollars

In the Baku Court of Crime, the trial of 40-year-old Samir Akhmedov, accused of fraud against the former chief physician of the metropolitan and venererological dispensary No. 1, Rashad Ismailov, was completed.

As the Haqqın.az correspondent reports, Akhmedov and his accomplice named Fuad (the true personality of the investigation is unknown) deceived Ismailov, promising to help return the previously lost money using relations in Interpol and the State Security Service. Fraudsters lured from the head physician more than 60 and a half thousand manat.

Ismailov himself had previously become a victim of fraud: he paid 300 thousand dollars in units for three years to a certain Gerard Raja, who lived in London, hoping to purchase a share in Pepsi. It was in this matter that the head physician volunteered to “help” Samir Akhmedov. A fraudster was treated at the aforementioned dispensary at that time.

“So I met Samir. He introduced himself as an employee of the SGB. He told Samir everything as it was. He listened to me and said that he would tell his colleague Fuad and would help return the money. In return, I had to give them 30 percent of the amount of the amount There were no best options, so I agreed, ”the victim said in his testimony.

Akhmedova Ismailov also paid in parts, sometimes occupying the missing amounts from relatives and acquaintances. However, later the head physician realized that he was deceived and turned to law enforcement officers. The fraudster was arrested.

In court, Samir Akhmedov, swore that he was never going to deceive Rashard Ismailov. According to the defendant, the head physician himself asked him to find a man named Fuad. Akhmedov said that he took only 18 thousand manats from Ismailov, which he later returned.

Ismailov also stated that the damage caused to him was compensated and that he reconciled with the accused.

Samira Akhmedova sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison. However, the punishment was recognized as conditional with a trial period of 2 years.

By the way, Ismailov himself was also previously convicted of fraud. In August 2021, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison – the man borrowed and did not return 280 thousand manat. In court, he said that he had to receive a million dollars from Pepsi, but the money did not come.