State Security Service of the Tashkent region employees, in cooperation with the Department under the Prosecutor General's Office, conducted a rapid operation.
In it, two individuals born in 1980 and 1988, residing in Bostanliq district, by mutual agreement, this district’s administration on behalf of a gardening and viticulture specialized company’s 2 members were given 20 ares of land for the purpose of constructing a country house, in exchange for registering it in the name of the buyer, were caught red-handed while receiving 230 thousand US dollars.
Furthermore, the operation continued, a citizen born in 1964, who introduced himself as the owner of this land plot, was also caught at the time of receiving these 230 thousand US dollars for transferring the land area to the buyer's name in exchange.
In another case recorded in Bostanliq district, a person born in 1996 agreed to sell to his relative a 36 ares land area allocated for the beautification and the construction of a boat parking spot in the protected zone of the Chirchik river, based on the decision of the district administration in 2008, for 150 thousand US dollars, and additionally demanded 10 thousand US dollars for arranging the relevant documents through acquaintances working in the cadastral system, totaling 160 thousand US dollars when caught with material evidence.
In another case, a person born in 1992 living in Tashkent city, having gained the trust of another, agreed to sell 72.6 ares of non-residential land in Bostanliq district, belonging to 8 citizens, calculating each are at 14.900 US dollars, totaling 1 million 81 thousand 740 US dollars.
Also, by leveraging relationships with official acquaintances to reclassify this land area into the residential category and to obtain permission to construct a multi-story building there, demanded 10 thousand US dollars.
However, during the rapid operation conducted by the State Security Service, the Economic Crimes Control Department, and the internal affairs authorities, he was caught having previously received 110 thousand US dollars.
Currently, criminal cases have been initiated against these individuals, and investigative actions are being carried out.