September 14, 2022. The founder of Patrul.az, Samandar Niftaliyev, was detained by the Main Department for Combat Corruption under the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Samandar Niftaliyev having entered into an agreement with his acquaintance Hamza Huseynli in advance, published on their website information about the personal life of a citizen. Then they gave false promises that they would remove the information from the pages of the media and social networks and in this way 2,800 manats were appropriated. Samandar Niftaliyev and Hamza Huseynli were charged under the Article 178.2.1 (fraud committed by a group of persons) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. A preventive measure in the form of house arrest was chosen against them by a court decision.