Lawyers were imprisoned for attempting to influence court verdict for a large sum of money

In Tashkent, two lawyers and one attorney were arrested for promising to influence court verdicts in exchange for a significant amount of money. This was reported by the press service of the State Security Service.

According to the report, M.M., a lawyer from a law office in Tashkent, demanded $30,000 in exchange for securing an acquittal through contacts within the court system for a defendant in a criminal case initiated under Article 168, Part 4, Clause "a" and other related articles of the Criminal Code.

M.M. was apprehended with physical evidence by officers of the Tashkent City Department of the State Security Service and the Department of Combating Economic Crimes after receiving $20,000 of the requested sum. A criminal case has been initiated against the lawyer, and an investigation is currently underway.

In a separate case, Sh.U., another lawyer from a Tashkent law firm, and T.N., an attorney from a construction company, were involved in an agreement to remove Article 135 from the charges against an individual who was convicted under Articles 131 and 135 of the Criminal Code in 2021 and sentenced to 8 years and 6 months in prison. They promised to reduce the sentence by transferring the case to a high-ranking official in the judicial system, demanding $75,000 in exchange for securing a lighter punishment.

Both Sh.U. and T.N. were caught with physical evidence when they received the requested sum in March of this year. A criminal case was opened against them under Article 25,168, Part 4, Clause "a" and Article 28,211, Part 3, Clause "a" of the Criminal Code. Following investigative actions, the Uchtepa District Court on Criminal Cases sentenced Sh.U. and T.N. to 14 years of imprisonment and a fine of 136 million sums.

It was revealed that lawyer Sh.U. had previously served as a judge in the judicial system. Additionally, T.N., the LLC lawyer, had prior convictions under Article 210 of the Criminal Code in 2009 and under Article 122 in 2016.

It is also worth noting that earlier in the Fergana region, other lawyers were apprehended while receiving $50,000.