Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Justice says Elmir Nuriyev, accused of fraud over false promises of apartment renovations, was detained in Germany and extradited to Azerbaijan on November 6. He had been on the international wanted list.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Justice, Azerbaijani citizen Elmir Elkhan oglu Nuriyev is accused of deceiving several people in 2021 with false information about renovating their apartments in order to obtain their property, causing significant damage. He faces fraud charges under Articles 178.2.2 and 178.4 of the Criminal Code.
Interpol’s National Central Bureau in Azerbaijan put him on the international wanted list. His whereabouts were established in Germany, and he was arrested there. Following a request from the Prosecutor General’s Office, guarantees provided by the Ministry of Justice and mutual negotiations, an agreement was reached to return him to Azerbaijan.
Representatives of the Ministry of Justice’s General Directorate for International Cooperation and the Penitentiary Service brought Nuriyev back from Germany to Azerbaijan. By court order, he has been placed in a pre-trial detention facility.
The ministry said efforts to return internationally wanted individuals to Azerbaijan continue in cooperation with relevant agencies of foreign states.
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