In Andijan, individuals who worked unofficially in the building of the Road Safety Department and obtained driver's licenses for 76 people have been detained

In Andijan, individuals who worked unofficially in the building of the Road Safety Department (RSD) and obtained "driver's licenses" for 76 people have been detained.

In the Andijan region, a court verdict has been announced against individuals who issued fake driver's licenses.

It was established that Sh.M. worked as an unofficial assistant in the 5th inter-district registration and examination group of the Road Safety Department of the Andijan Region DIA from 2023 until November 2025.

Together with his acquaintance U.M., he established a system for issuing documents in exchange for money to citizens wishing to obtain a driver's license. U.M. found the clients, while Sh.M. was engaged in issuing the licenses.

For this purpose, they used the submitted documents of other citizens who had previously exchanged their old-style driver's licenses for new ones. The series and numbers of the old licenses were linked to the data of clients who actually did not have the right to drive. As a result, they were shown in the system as persons who had previously held a driver's license.

The fake data was entered into the unified automated information system of the Road Safety Department, and new-style driver's licenses were issued to the citizens.

In his court testimony, Sh.M. stated that U.M. found the clients and that he did not speak with them directly. According to him, between $500 and $1,000 was taken for each license, and the funds were delivered to him through U.M.

U.M., in turn, stated in court that about 50–60 citizens were issued licenses in this manner. According to his testimony, he kept $100 of the money received from each client for himself and gave the rest to Sh.M.

According to court documents, a total of 76 fake driver's licenses were issued. Of these, 65 were issued using the login and password belonging to one of the RSD employees, and another 11 were issued using the login and password of another employee.

After the situation was discovered, one of the RSD employees asked Sh.M. why he had committed this act. According to the employee's testimony in court, Sh.M. told him that he had played bookmaker games in 2024 and run up debts of over $50,000.

Two RSD employees whose logins and passwords were used in the case were also prosecuted. However, it was not proven that they were aware of the issuance of the fake licenses or received money in return. The court assessed the employees' failure to properly control the security of their logins, passwords, and electronic keys as professional negligence.

By the verdict of the Shahrixon District Court on Criminal Cases, Sh.M. was found guilty under Article 228, Part 2, Paragraphs "a" and "b" of the Criminal Code, and was sentenced to 2 years of correctional labor with 20 percent of his salary withheld for state revenue.

U.M. was also found guilty under the same article and was sentenced to a final punishment of 3 years and 3 months of restriction of liberty. The court ordered the destruction of the 76 fake driver's licenses held as material evidence.

Earlier, it was reported that a Public Services Center employee and his accomplices, who had issued fake driver's licenses to 72 people in exchange for 616 million soums, had been arrested.