SSS arrests fraudsters planning to illegally send Tashkent and Samarkand residents to the US and the UK for work

The Department for Combating Economic Crimes reported that in Tashkent's Chilanzar district, law enforcement officers from the State Security Service and the Internal Affairs Department carried out a special operation. Two individuals, identified as A.N. and D.I., were apprehended while accepting $14,000 from a citizen, A.J. The suspects had promised to use their contacts to send A.J. to the U.S. for employment, using fraudulent means.

In a separate case in the Koshrabot district of Samarkand, another suspect, F.U., was arrested following a pre-investigation check by the district's department. F.U. had allegedly accepted $2,500 and an additional 2.5 million UZS from citizens K.H. and S.K., promising to use his connections with high-ranking officials to facilitate their employment in the U.K.

Criminal cases have been initiated under Article 168 (Fraud) and Articles 28 and 211 (Bribery) of Uzbekistan’s Criminal Code, and investigations are currently underway.