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Sanjar Karimov ("Real Sanjik") was not released from the courtroom – Tashkent city courts

In May 2026, on social networks, having been found guilty of committing fraud and other crimes,

Sanjar Karimov ("Real Sanjik") was not released from the courtroom — Tashkent City Courts

Reports have spread on social networks that Sanjar Karimov, who was found guilty of committing fraud and other crimes and sentenced to 5 years of deprivation of liberty in May 2024, was released from the courtroom.

The press service of the Tashkent City Courts stated that these reports "do not correspond to reality."

"The criminal case concerning him is being reviewed by the appellate instance of the judicial panel for criminal cases of the Tashkent City Court. The process has not yet been completed. The next court hearing is scheduled for October 7 of this year," the official information says.

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