In Tashkent, the trial of the former head of the State Tax Administration and the ex-head of the city department of the Prosecutor General's Office will take place

In Tashkent, a trial has been scheduled for September 21 in the case of the former head of the capital's main tax administration, Yunuszhon Nasimzhonov, and the former deputy head of the city administration of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the General Prosecutor's Office, Alisher Ganiev.

Yunuszhon Nasimzhonov is a suspect in a criminal case initiated under paragraph "a" of Part 3 of Article 167 (theft by appropriation or embezzlement on an especially large scale — punishable by a fine of 300 to 600 basic calculation values or correctional labor for up to 3 years, or deprivation of liberty from 5 to 10 years) and paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Article 205 (abuse of power or official authority causing especially large damage) of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan. Since 2021, he had held the post of head of the Main Tax Administration of Tashkent.

Alisher Ganiev is also suspected of committing crimes under paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Article 205 and paragraphs "v" and "g" of Part 2 of Article 223 (repeated illegal travel abroad, as well as by an official whose travel requires special approval) of the Criminal Code.

On January 27, at a meeting, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced the dismissal of both officials, calling the work of the tax authorities and the bodies for combating the hidden economy in the capital completely unsatisfactory. On the same day, the heads of all district tax inspectorates were relieved of their posts and appointed as acting heads.

The head of state pointed out that some heads of tax authorities, instead of increasing tax revenues, were patronizing certain "entrepreneurs in quotation marks." Audits revealed 70 billion soums of unaccounted taxes in the capital.