As a result of rapid measures carried out in cooperation with the DXX's Fergana region administration and other law enforcement agencies, an organized criminal group engaged in fraud on an international scale was exposed.
It is reported that a group of 34 people led by a 40-year-old resident of Fergana city, having rented buildings in Fergana and Tashkent cities, operated as a "call center." Through information technologies, they obtained the data of more than 70,000 clients who had purchased medicines and biologically active supplements in Russia.
The operators, introducing themselves as law enforcement officers and bank employees, claimed that compensation of 500,000–580,000 rubles would be paid for supposedly substandard products. For this, they demanded a "tax" of 5,000–20,000 rubles from the citizens. As a result, the victims transferred a total of 9,599,561 rubles to various bank cards.
According to the court verdict, 21 members of the group were sentenced to imprisonment from 3 years 6 months to 9 years 6 months, and 13 were given a restricted freedom sentence. It was established that the material damage caused to the victims would be recovered.
