In the Samarkand region, the head of an electricity supply enterprise was caught taking a bribe, while in Tashkent a person who promised to get a citizen admitted to a higher education institution was caught in fraud. This was reported by the State Security Service.
According to the information, the head of the electricity supply enterprise in one of the districts of the Samarkand region promised not to bring to criminal responsibility for damage amounting to 393 million soums caused to the state as a result of an unauthorized connection of a public catering outlet belonging to a local entrepreneur to the electricity grid. He also demanded 5,000 US dollars in exchange for sending the case to court in an administrative procedure with the amount of damage reduced.
According to investigation data, the official received 4 thousand dollars of this amount at the end of July this year. Later, while receiving the remaining 1 thousand dollars through a third party, he was detained by employees of the State Security Service and the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the General Prosecutor's Office.
It is noted that this head had been convicted before, but nevertheless committed a crime again.
Another case was detected in Tashkent. There, a person born in 1988, previously convicted, promised through his acquaintances in high positions to get a citizen born in 2001 admitted to the Tashkent State University of Economics. In return, he demanded 20 thousand US dollars.
During an operational action conducted jointly by employees of the State Security Service and the Department for Combating Economic Crimes, the suspect was caught with material evidence while receiving 13 thousand US dollars in advance.
Currently, criminal cases have been initiated on both incidents. Investigative actions are ongoing.
