Officials among those caught illegally selling land (video)

Cases of illegal land sales have been uncovered in Jizzakh, Surkhandarya, and Tashkent regions, the State Security Service reported.

Specifically, the head of a branch of the State Cadastre Chamber in one of the districts of the Jizzakh region sold a 42-acre plot of land, allocated on a lease basis in the name of his spouse, to a buyer without the right to sell. He later demanded $28,000 from the buyer to officially process the cadastre documents through his contacts in local authorities. During a prompt operation, he was caught in possession of the requested money along with material evidence.

A 1974-born resident of the Kumkorghan district of the Surkhandarya region attempted to sell a 40-acre plot of land, illegally occupied by him but originally reserved by the Jarkurgon district administration, to a buyer for 200 million soums in collusion with a cadastre engineer from the Jarkurgon district branch of the State Cadastre Chamber. They agreed to officially process the cadastre documents for 4 million soums. Both individuals were stopped at the moment they received the agreed-upon payments.

In the Tashkent region, in the Bustanlyk district, the head of one of the neighborhood citizens’ assemblies demanded $150,000 to officially register a private residential plot of 15 acres, belonging to another person, along with an adjoining 1.35-hectare state-reserved land, in the buyer’s name through his official contacts. He was caught in the act after receiving an advance payment of $50,000.

Criminal cases have now been opened against the individuals involved, and investigative actions are ongoing.

It is worth noting that earlier, a farmer was caught attempting to sell an 18-acre plot of land for $25,000 in the Samarkand region.