Authorities investigate large-scale bank card fraud in Namangan

A 22-year-old man in Namangan Region has been identified as the suspect in a bank card theft involving 92,992,000 UZS, according to the regional police department.

On May 7, officers from the Cybersecurity Division of the Namangan Police Department and the Yangi Namangan District Police investigated the case. Authorities determined that on February 10, the suspect, M.M., a resident of Mirzo Ulugbek neighborhood in Fergana City, had withdrawn the funds from the card of D.M., a 1983-born resident of Oromgoh Mahalla in Yangi Namangan District.

Earlier, a criminal group operating a fake call center in Mirzo Ulug‘bek District, Tashkent, was apprehended for collecting personal data from over 15,000 individuals. The group consisted of two organizers and nearly 20 operators. Investigators seized 35 communication devices, over 10 bank cards, and narcotics as evidence.