It has been discovered that employees of the People's Bank in Fergana and two deputy mayors allocated a loan of 153 million Uzbek soums on the basis of fake documents in the names of other citizens and embezzled the funds. A criminal case has been initiated regarding the situation.
During a rapid operation conducted by the State Security Service and the Internal Affairs officers, the illegal actions of a community banker and the deputy manager of the People's Bank of Uzbekistan Banking Services Center were exposed.
It was revealed that they had beforehand conspired to demand a bribe of 10 million Uzbek soums in exchange for allocating a loan of 66 million Uzbek soums in the names of two citizens. The community banker was caught while receiving the requested money.
During the pre-investigation check, it was also found out that the community banker had previously taken 600 thousand Uzbek soums, and the deputy manager had taken 920 thousand Uzbek soums.
Furthermore, it was discovered that officials of the bank center, in collusion with two deputy mayors of the Uzbekistan district and the director of a private limited company (PLC), managed to allocate loans of a total of 153 million Uzbek soums in the names of other citizens through fake documents. The allocated funds were cashed and embezzled.
A criminal case has been initiated against these individuals under Part 3 of Article 168, Clause "v" of the Criminal Code, and investigative actions are being conducted.
Interestingly, the deputy manager had previously been convicted in 2000 and 2015 for fraud and bribery, yet failed to learn from his mistakes.
