Baku: A person accused of fraud has been extradited from Uzbekistan to Azerbaijan, APA reports, citing the Press Service of the Prosecutor General's Office.

According to Azeri-Press news agency, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan decided to extradite Azerbaijani citizen Elgun Soltanov, son of Sadyar, in accordance with the Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters dated October 7, 2002.

The investigation conducted by the Khatai District Police Department of Baku established reasonable suspicion that Elgun Soltanov had committed large-scale fraud. A decision was issued to charge him as an accused, and after he absconded from the investigation, he was placed on the international wanted list.

Elgun Soltanov was detained in the Republic of Uzbekistan and brought to Azerbaijan under the escort of a special convoy of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice.