An investigator from the Prosecutor's Office in the Karshinsky District of the Kashkadarya Region is suspected of receiving a bribe in the course of a criminal case under his supervision, as reported by the press service of the State Security Service of Uzbekistan.
In March 2021, a 41-year-old resident of the Mirishkor District obtained a preferential loan of 450 million sum from a bank for breeding pedigree animals in a company owned by his relative. However, the funds were misused, leading to the initiation of a criminal case by the District Department of the General Prosecutor's Office under Article 167 (misappropriation or embezzlement) of the Criminal Code.
The case was referred to the Karshinsky District Prosecutor's Office for preliminary investigation, and on March 26, the man who received the loan was taken into custody as a preventive measure.
The district prosecutor's investigator had promised not to arrest a woman, who is the head of the company, in exchange for 5000 dollars. However, upon receiving the money in his office, he was apprehended. A criminal case has been initiated under Article 210 (bribery by extortion) of the Criminal Code, and the investigator has been detained as a preventive measure.
