A bank employee in the Tashkent region embezzled more than a billion soums of customer money

Bank employee in Tashkent region embezzles over one billion soums of client money

The head of a department at a bank in Chirchik stole 1.3 billion soums of client funds. A criminal case has been initiated.

As reported by the press service of the Department under the Prosecutor General's Office, the suspect accepted money from 13 citizens but never deposited it into the cash register. He entered false information about the crediting of funds into their savings books.

The employee disposed of the money at his own discretion. The criminal case was initiated under the article on embezzlement or squandering. An investigation is underway.

Earlier, a similar amount was stolen from the budget by officials in the Uchkurgan district of the Namangan region. The Department under the Prosecutor General's Office uncovered a scheme involving fictitious preschool institutions for which state subsidies were issued.