The document said former government chief of staff Akif Muradverdiyev and Fikret Sadykhov, the ex-president of state-owned chemicals concern Azerkhimiya, had joined ex-parliamentary speaker Rasul Guliyev, ex-health minister Ali Insanov, ex-economic development minister Farhad Aliyev and other suspects in an attempt to overthrow current authorities in Azerbaijan.
According to the statement, Sadykhov, who was fired on October 24, had frequent meetings with ex-finance minister Fikret Yusifov on behalf of Guliyev and discussed the financing of the coup. Since 2001, investigators said he had personally given $30,000 to Yusifov for the preparation of the coup attempt.
According to investigators, during a meeting between Muradverdiyev, who was dismissed from his post by a presidential decree on October 20, and Farhad Aliyev on October 13, the latter said the current authorities would not last for long and the actions against them should be intensified.
The statement also said during a search at Muradverdiyev's country house, operatives found about $33,000, 14,000 euros, about 9,000 British pounds, 209 gold coins, 40 gold watches and other jewelry.
