Former Samarkand Police Officer Sentenced to 8 Years for Large-Scale Fraud
A traffic police officer in Samarkand was sentenced to 8 years in prison for defrauding citizens using his service uniform and car. He took nearly 6 billion soums from citizens with the promise of selling cars in a short period of time or returning their money.
In Samarkand, a former traffic police officer was convicted of large-scale fraud and sentenced to 8 years in prison. This was reported in the “Zamon” program of the “Sevimli” TV channel.
In this case, which was considered by the Urgut District Criminal Court, the uniform, ID card and official car of an internal affairs officer became a tool of fraud. The defendant was a lieutenant of the Traffic Safety Service of the Samarkand Regional Department of Internal Affairs. He used his uniform and position to gain the trust of citizens. The employee obtained their expensive cars by promising to sell them to citizens in a short time or return their money.
According to one of the victims, the former employee left his service ID card as collateral to convince people, and also filmed himself next to his official car and said that if he could not fulfill his obligation, he would give up this car.
According to reports, the total damage could amount to millions of dollars. The defendant claims that these processes have been going on for 4 years.
The defendant says: “People come to me saying I have a car, I have money, I have a house. Who wouldn’t like to get 10,000, 15,000 dollars? If one citizen gives money, the other one comes and asks if I can take his car? If I took it from the street now, I would have taken 1 million dollars per person. If you count, it’s not even 1 million dollars. If you count the money paid this way and that, it’s about 3 million… Almost 6 million dollars are being added to my neck with the old interest.”
He also stated that he himself fell into this situation, believing the promises of another woman, and that he has a claim against her.
Due to the large number of victims and illegal transactions, the criminal case was divided into several parts. This part of the case, which was considered in court, discussed the material damage caused to 10 victims in 26 cases, amounting to about 6 billion soums.
Urgut District Deputy Prosecutor Abdulla Sultanov stated that the defendant's guilt was proven during the preliminary and court investigation, through applications, testimony and confrontations, and asked the judge to sentence him to 9 years and 6 months in prison. The defendant expressed remorse for his actions and apologized.
The final verdict was read out at the court session chaired by Judge Bobur Shermatov. The defendant was found guilty of Article 168, Part 4, Subparagraph "a" (Fraud in a large amount) of the Criminal Code. He was sentenced to 8 years in prison. The sentence was to be served in general regime colonies and the term was to be calculated from January 28, 2026.