Lawyers caught taking bribes for illegal services in Andijan 

A lawyer trainee in the Andijan region was detained while receiving $34,000 for illegally registering non-residential land as residential property. The State Security Service reported this case, along with other bribery incidents involving lawyers across Uzbekistan.

According to the report, the lawyer trainee at a law firm in the Boston district of Andijan, along with an accomplice born in 1984, attempted to register 34 acres of land in another person's name through connections in the cadastral system. Both were caught with material evidence during the transaction.

In Tashkent, another lawyer demanded $25,000 to prevent four citizens from being held accountable in a criminal case initiated by the Bektemir District Prosecutor’s Office under Articles 184 (Tax Evasion) and 189 (Violation of Trade or Service Rules) of the Criminal Code. The lawyer’s acquaintance, born in 1987 and previously convicted, was caught receiving the money.

A similar case occurred in the Bukhara region, where a lawyer from a law firm in the Peshku district was detained while receiving $12,000 from a judicial system acquaintance in exchange for securing an acquittal in a cassation appeal.

Additionally, a law firm employee in Tashkent was detained for accepting $10,000 to assist in a criminal case involving a SPA salon manager accused under Article 131 (Aid or Maintenance of a Brothel) of the Criminal Code. The employee had already received $4,500 from the salon manager before being caught.

Criminal cases have been initiated against all the detained individuals, and investigations are ongoing.

Earlier, authorities in Andijan also detained the head of the cadastral department for accepting a $6,000 bribe.