"Kazyam Seliverstov" or "David Abbasov": how was the "casino hero" caught?

Fraud has historically required a special "talent." This "talent" has never known the boundaries of countries, nations, or states. However, as with a well-known profession, the "lifespan" of this "craft" in most cases has not exceeded 40 days…

As AzPolitika reports, footage of an incident that occurred in one of Georgia's casinos involving a man who introduces himself as Azerbaijani Jew David Seliverstov has spread across social media. The video shows that the man is under the influence of some substance or alcohol. He complains that security guards are not letting him into the casino and are allegedly putting pressure on him because he is an Azerbaijani Jew. Moreover, this uncontrollable troublemaker tries to present an ordinary everyday conflict as a "holocaust," a "genocide"…

As soon as this video spread, information that had appeared in many Azerbaijani media outlets in May of last year immediately came to mind — that a certain David Seliverstov, chairman of the organization Magen David Azərbaycan, had been on a visit to Tbilisi and met there with the chairman of the Union of Jews of Georgia. Now it turns out that this same "Seliverstov" traveled to Tbilisi under the pretext of meetings with Jewish organizations, while actually spending his time in casinos. Moreover, it turns out that this person is neither Jewish nor David Seliverstov at all. There is no person with such a first and last name in Azerbaijan whatsoever.

The real name of this person, who presented his being denied entry to a casino as a "holocaust," is Kazyim Elshan oglu Abbasov. Thus, he could be introduced as "Kazym Seliverstov" or "David Abbasov"…

He was born on March 26, 1988, in Baku. This person, who today imposes himself on society as an "international human rights defender," has been previously convicted multiple times. In 2011, Abbasov, detained by the Nasimi District Police Department, was charged under Articles 178.2.2 and 178.2.4 (fraud causing significant damage) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan, and by court decision was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment.

In addition, a criminal case was opened against Kazym Abbasov by the Khazar District Prosecutor's Office under Articles 310 (usur