Individual was arrested for extorting 4 billion soums from businessman in exchange for tender award

Officials, including the head of the Guliston city electric network enterprise, a private enterprise head in Qibray district, a senior operative of the Cyber Security Division in Navoi, and a senior inspector of the probation group in Yangiyer, were arrested for corruption, as reported by the State Security Service.

From May 2023 to May 2024, the head of the Guliston City Electric Networks Company served as an engineer responsible for monitoring electricity flow. He allegedly demanded 90 million soums from a trading company, promising to erase a debt of 202 million 500 thousand soums. Despite receiving 78 million soums by December 2023, he failed to delete the debt and returned 3 million soums through a third party. He was arrested with evidence by the State Security Service and the General Prosecutor's Office.

In another case, the head of a private enterprise in the Qibray district sought 4 billion soums from an entrepreneur to secure a project for reconstructing a water treatment plant in Kosonsoy. He was arrested after receiving a 30,000 USD advance in a sting operation by the State Security Service. The investigation also implicated the head of a livestock farm in Khorezm region, who was subsequently arrested.

The senior operative in the Cyber Security Division of Navoi's DIA Rapid Investigation Service demanded 600 USD to identify individuals who withdrew 62 million soums from a citizen's plastic card in the Karmana district. Although it was his duty to investigate such cases, he was caught with the money by the State Security Service and the Department of Combating Economic Crimes.

In the Syrdarya region, a senior inspector of the probation group in Yangiyer was involved in another corruption case. Convicted under Article 168, part 3, of the Criminal Code, he demanded a two-room house and 500 USD from an individual in exchange for not relocating to Yangiyer and facilitating business activities in Tashkent without supervision. He was caught accepting 400 USD and 1 million 260 thousand soums in his office by the State Security Service in cooperation with the prosecutor's office and internal affairs bodies.

Criminal cases have been initiated against these individuals under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code, and they have been remanded in custody.