The head of the Angor district of the Surkhandarya region, Kosim Mardonov, has acquired a Captiva-5 car using funds from the "women's notebook." This caught the attention of the Telegram channel "Revisor." The information is being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Agency of Uzbekistan.
Specifically, it is reported that the 2018 Captiva car (license plate - 75 026 DAV), which was on the balance sheet of the district administration, was involved in a traffic accident in November 2022, rendering it inoperable. The car was sold at an auction for 120 million sum in March 2023.
In February of this year, the head of the district signed a decision to allocate 349 million sum to purchase a new car. Based on this decision, the district administration acquired a Captiva-5 car for 349.9 million sum. However, the maximum cost of an official car for district heads is set at 1000 BRV (340 million sum).
The funding source for the purchase was indicated as the women's support fund included in the "women's notebook." Meanwhile, the district administration owes 1.4 billion sum to the Bureau of Forced Execution.
Anhor.uz also reported other cases of high-priced car purchases by officials that violated the requirement for the maximum cost of vehicles.
In April 2023, the Banking and Finance Academy of Uzbekistan purchased a Malibu-2 car for 419 million sum for the academy's vice-rector, D. Muminov.
In February 2022, the Kungurad district administration purchased a Trailblazer LTZ-AT for 398 million sum.
In March 2022, the Committee for Family and Women purchased three Malibu-2 cars for 405.9 million sum each. The total purchase amount was 1.2 billion sum.
