A number of officials were caught taking bribes in the city of Tashkent and the Syrdarya, Surkhandarya, Jizzakh, and Kashkadarya regions. The press secretary of the State Security Service informed "Darakchi.uz" about this.
A legal consultant of the Legal Department of the Tashkent City Hokimiyat demanded 10 percent of this amount, that is, 70 thousand US dollars, through an acquaintance born in 1979, in exchange for the expedited transfer of 8.8 billion soums, which were allocated by the state by a court decision as compensation for the demolition of real estate belonging to a foreign citizen for state needs.
Otherwise, they filed a cassation appeal on behalf of the Tashkent city administration against the court decision, stating that they could reduce the amount of compensation by revaluing the property.
During an operational event conducted jointly by the State Security Service and the Department for Combating Economic Crimes, an intermediary was caught red-handed while receiving $70,000 from a foreign citizen.
During the interview, he said that some time ago he had given $50,000 from his own account to the legal consultant, and he planned to take another $15,000 to the legal consultant, and keep the remaining $5,000 for his own intermediary services.
Based on the instructions of the legal consultant, the chief specialist was detained in procedural order, and the legal consultant voluntarily provided $40,000, and the chief specialist - $10,000.
The Head of the Service for Technical Restoration and Operation of Gas Supply Facilities of the Termez City Branch of the "Hududgaz Surkhandarya" Gas Supply Branch, a citizen living in the Kasan district, while driving a truck, caused damage to the natural gas pipeline with the roof of the vehicle and, in exchange for not imposing a fine of 11 million soums, demanded 400 US dollars and 500 thousand soums from him. He was caught red-handed while receiving 900,000 soums and $100. During the pre-investigation check, it was also revealed that he had previously received 500,000 soums.
A leading inspector of the Zomin district branch of the Cadastre Agency of Jizzakh region, born in 1997, was detained while receiving 400 US dollars in exchange for reducing the fine in the amount of 75 million soums imposed on a citizen for carrying out construction work on an illegally seized land plot through his acquaintances and processing the documents for an illegally constructed residential building.
The cadastral engineer of the Koson district branch of the State Cadastre Chamber of Kashkadarya region, using his official position, colluded with the head of a local farm and, through his official acquaintances, converted 2 hectares of irrigated land of this farm into residential category for 60 million soums and 35 sotkas of land without the relevant documents, and then demanded 525 million soums, a total of 585 million soums from the buyer in exchange for issuing a document giving the right of ownership, and was detained while receiving 17 thousand US dollars in advance.
The State Enforcement Officer of the Karshi City Department of the Bureau of Compulsory Enforcement was detained while receiving 2 million soums and 100 US dollars in exchange for transferring 554 million soums to the victim's plastic card.
An inspector of the Khavas district branch of the "Energosavdo" enterprise, belonging to JSC "Regional Electric Networks," was caught red-handed receiving 7 million soums in exchange for the elimination of damage caused to state interests in the amount of 14 million soums as a result of illegal connection to electricity by a local farm.
Currently, criminal cases have been initiated on all facts, and investigative actions are underway.
