Fraudsters arrested in Tashkent city and region for sending people abroad for work

Three fraudsters who deceived citizens by promising them jobs abroad were detained in Tashkent city and region. The State Security Service reported this.

In particular, a resident of Tashkent city, born in 1985, with a previous conviction, was caught with material evidence when he demanded 145 million soums through his acquaintances in exchange for sending 6 citizens living in Kashkadarya region to work in Slovakia, and received 85 million soums in advance.

In another case, the head of an LLC providing consulting services on obtaining visas to foreign countries in Tashkent city was caught when he gained the trust of a citizen born in 2002, living in the capital, and received 4 thousand dollars in exchange for issuing a visa to send him to work in Germany.

A similar violation was also recorded in Tashkent region. A woman born in 1993, a resident of Zangiota district, was arrested after she trusted a resident of Angren city, born in 2000, and took $5,900 in exchange for sending him a visa to work in South Korea.

Currently, criminal cases have been initiated against the perpetrators under Article 168 of the Criminal Code (fraud) and investigations are underway.

Earlier, it was reported that a person who promised to send him to the United States and demanded $50,000 was detained, and a person wanted in Bukhara for fraud was arrested in Tashkent.