Accountant who lost 6.4 billion sums of businessman's money in gambling was caught in Samarkand

In Samarkand city, an accountant responsible for misappropriating a businessman's funds has been identified during a preliminary investigation aimed at protecting the rights of business entities. The Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the Prosecutor General's Office reported this incident.  

B.M., an accountant at “Ph.l.” LLC, reportedly used electronic bank keys to transfer 6.4 billion sums of the company's funds to personal plastic cards by submitting false information. He subsequently embezzled the funds and lost them through online gambling.  

A criminal case has been initiated under:  
- Article 167 (Robbery by embezzlement or misappropriation);  
- Article 228 (Preparation, forgery, sale, or use of documents, stamps, seals, and forms) of the Criminal Code.  
Investigative actions are currently underway.  

For context, in a similar case in the Shafirkan district of the Bukhara region, a 16-year-old boy was found to have taken loans in others' names and gambled the funds online. The teenager had taken loans amounting to 15-20 million sums for each individual, totaling around 100 million sums.