Cases of arbitrary connection to the electricity grid exposed
Cases of unauthorized connection to electricity networks, totaling more than 2.4 billion soums, were identified in a number of regions of Uzbekistan. Criminal cases have been initiated in connection with these cases.
As a result of pre-investigation checks conducted by the territorial departments of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the Prosecutor General's Office, a number of cases related to the illegal use of electricity were identified.
In particular, in the Syrdarya district, the responsible persons of the S.U. farm arbitrarily directly connected water pumps located on land plots in the territories of the "Sindorobod" and "Xalqobod" SIUs to the electricity grid for commercial purposes. As a result of these actions, it became known that 1.1 billion soums of electricity were illegally used.
In the Davlatabad district, the head of S.G. LLC arbitrarily directly connected to the public electricity grid in the shopping complex and illegally used 558.6 million soums of electricity.
Also, in the Almazar district, G.B. LLC officials and others were found to have illegally connected to the public electricity network in apartment buildings on Beruniy Street for commercial purposes. As a result of this illegal use, 272.6 million soums of electricity were consumed.
In the Uzbek district, it was found that the officials of the "T.M." farm directly connected a water pump to the electricity network and illegally used 217.8 million soums of electricity.
In the Uchkurgan district, citizen I.N. was found to have illegally connected to the electricity network at a fishing farm and illegally used 112 million soums of electricity.
In the Khojaly district, it was found that the officials of the "P.M." LLC illegally connected to the electricity network at a brick factory for commercial purposes and used 103.6 million soums of electricity.
In Namangan, a citizen M.Yu. was arbitrarily directly connected to the public electricity network for commercial purposes in his apartment on the territory of the "Shodlik" MFY. In this case, 100.1 million soums of electricity were illegally used.
According to calculations, the total cost of illegally used electricity in the seven identified cases is 2 billion 464.7 million soums.
Criminal cases have been initiated under Article 169 (theft) of the Criminal Code and investigative actions are being conducted.