In the city of Kogon, Bukhara region, a person who promised to send a citizen to South Korea for work and demanded 8,000 US dollars from them was detained. This was reported by the Department under the General Prosecutor's Office.
According to the report, during an operational measure conducted by the Department's branch in Kogon, it was found that one citizen gained the trust of another and promised to send them to South Korea for work. For this, he said he would resolve the matter through acquaintances holding high positions.
Thus, he fraudulently obtained 1,000 dollars out of the agreed 8,000 dollars. 200 dollars of this money were returned through procedural means.
A criminal case has been initiated under the relevant article of the Criminal Code regarding the incident, and investigative actions are underway.
We remind you that recently, cases of fraud involving promising to send citizens to South Korea for work or study and demanding large sums of money have increased.
On May 14, the Department under the General Prosecutor's Office exposed a large-scale corruption scheme related to sending citizens of Uzbekistan to South Korea for work. It was reported that former officials of the External Labor Migration Agency and private employment agencies, as well as other individuals, were involved.
Also, in the Jizzakh and Kashkadarya regions, individuals who promised to send citizens to South Korea for work and took money from them were detained.
On June 4, it was reported that the head of a non-governmental educational institution, who took more than 50,000 dollars from 15 citizens intending to go to South Korea for study and work, was also detained. On June 10, it became known that 56 citizens intending to go to South Korea were deceived by fraudsters.
On June 19, the former head of the Fergana regional branch of the Migration Agency, B.Kh., was exposed for promising to send 8 citizens to South Korea for work by passing them through exams and receiving 90,000 dollars in return.
On June 26, it was determined that another 20 citizens intending to go to South Korea were deceived by fraudsters.
On July 11, in Tashkent, two individuals were caught red-handed while demanding 55,000 dollars from citizens, promising to send them illegally to South Korea and the United States, and receiving 25,000 dollars of that amount.
On the same day, a person born in 2001, residing in Kasansay district of Namangan region, previously convicted of fraud, promised to send a citizen to America via the Uzbekistan—Turkey—Spain—Mexico—USA route and demanded 50,000 dollars. He was apprehended during an operational measure in Tashkent while receiving 20,000 dollars.
