Bank lawyer and his accomplice arrested over alleged $420,000 bribery scheme linked to business loan
A lawyer employed at the bank services center of the Almazar branch of a private commercial bank and his alleged accomplice have been arrested on suspicion of demanding $420,000 from an entrepreneur in exchange for arranging a preferential loan worth $3.5 million.
A bank lawyer and an accomplice have been taken into custody in connection with an alleged bribery operation totaling $420,000, reportedly tied to a business loan.
The bank employee is accused by the SSS of collaborating with a man, born in 1979 and residing in the Yangiyul district of the Tashkent region, who has a prior criminal record. Authorities state that the duo reportedly earned the confidence of an individual intending to start a business by asserting their ability to obtain a $3.5 million preferential loan in the entrepreneur's name.
For their purported "facilitation" efforts, the suspects allegedly requested 12% of the loan sum, which amounts to $420,000.
They were apprehended while reportedly accepting an initial payment of $50,000. Law enforcement officials confiscated the cash as physical evidence.
A criminal investigation has been initiated against the suspects, who are currently being held in pretrial detention. The inquiry is still in progress.