According to the State Security Service report, a private entrepreneur residing in the Karmana district of Navoiy region, by gaining someone's trust, claimed that a 1-hectare vacant land area, which was a reserve of the district administration, belonged to him, and demanded 2 billion UZS for selling it and for officializing cadastral documents through his connections with officials.
However, he was caught red-handed by the officers of the State Security Service and the Department under the Prosecutor General's Office with material evidence at the time of receiving 1 billion UZS in Navoiy city.
In a case observed in Andijan region, brothers born in 1992 and 1994 and residing in Khodjaabad district demanded 300 thousand US dollars for officially transferring the ownership of 2 hectares of state reserve land to a buyer through their high-ranking acquaintances.
In a rapid response operation conducted in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies by the State Security Service, one of them was apprehended at the moment of receiving 50 thousand US dollarsout of the demanded amount.
In Fergana region, the leader of a farming enterprise specializing in cotton and wheat cultivation in Uchkuprik district agreed to sell 50 sotikhs of irrigated land to a buyer for 55 thousand US dollars and was caught by the officers of the State Security Service and the Department for the fight against economic crimes at the moment of receiving 45 thousand US dollars.
In another instance, the director of a limited liability company producing confectionery products in Kuva district was apprehended with material evidence at the moment of receiving 35 thousand US dollars for registering 10 sotikhs of land under the buyer’s name as residential property through his connections in the cadastral system.
In a rapid response operation conducted in collaboration with the Economic Crimes Against Economic Department and the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Tashkent city, a citizen born in 1964, residing in the capital, was detained at the time of receiving a pre-payment of 30 thousand US dollars after agreeing to sell each sotikh of a 16-sotikhs land area, located in Tashkent district and being a state reserve, for a total of 352 thousand US dollars to a buyer and promising to officially transfer it under the buyer’s name through his high-ranking acquaintances.
Additionally, the operation was continued, and his accomplice - a person born in 1952, residing in Tashkent district, previously convicted for fraud-related crimes, was also apprehended at the moment of receiving the same 30 thousand US dollars.
Currently, criminal cases have been initiated against the mentioned individuals under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code, and investigation proceedings are underway.
