Employees of the State Security Service have detained several officials suspected of bribery and fraud in several regions of Uzbekistan. This was reported by the SGB press service.
The head of the Yangikhayat district department of the State Cadastre Chamber in Tashkent was detained while receiving $25,000 in his office. He promised to prepare cadastral documents for a house built on 20 acres of land in the district.
The deputy prosecutor of the Kushtepa district in the Fergana region was detained while receiving $2,000 from the head of a preschool organization. It was revealed that the district prosecutor's office initiated a criminal case against the latter under Article 210 (bribery) of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan, the indictment was sent to the district court. The deputy prosecutor promised, through his acquaintances in the judicial authorities, to ensure that the court does not impose a prison sentence and does not apply Article 45 (deprivation of certain rights) in exchange for $3,000, having already received $1,000.
In another case, the head of an agrofirm in the Chartak district of the Namangan region allegedly conspired with the deputy hokim of the district for agriculture and demanded $2,500 from a farming enterprise specializing in grain and vegetable cultivation. This was for the return of 10 hectares of land confiscated by the state and for a positive decision on the unfulfilled grain sowing plan. The head of the agrofirm was detained while receiving $1,000 and 5 million soums out of the requested amount. The deputy hokim, who took $100 for himself, was detained during the ongoing operational activities, instructing the remaining amount to be given to the head of the agrofirm. Earlier, in order to resolve this issue with the farmer, the head of the agrofirm received 3 million soums.
The deputy head of the Angren city power supply company was detained while receiving a bribe of 40 million soums in the office in exchange for connecting a transformer of a trading company to the power grid and issuing the necessary documents based on the verbal order of his supervisor. Subsequently, the head of the power supply company was also detained in the procedural order. Currently, criminal cases have been initiated against these officials.
