An interesting case occurred in the Andijan region involving an employee of the Ucell mobile company. A young man, who worked as a senior sales representative in the Pakhtabad district branch of the company, embezzled 450 million sums belonging to Ucell and used these funds for cryptocurrency speculation on the international Binance exchange.

In October 2023, the accused, taking advantage of his official position, transferred 198.9 million sums, allocated by the company for client settlements, to his bank card through the Paynet application. He used this money to purchase Bitcoins on the Binance exchange. A month later, he repeated these actions, stealing another 249.9 million sums from the company.

An internal audit conducted by Ucell’s treasury management department revealed a shortfall in cash operations. Following an internal investigation, the young man fully admitted his guilt in deliberately misappropriating the company’s funds for personal enrichment. As a sign of remorse, he returned 300 million sums of the total damage caused between November 9 and December 4, 2023.

However, since the full material damage to the company had not been reimbursed, Ucell filed a report with the Pakhtabad District Department of Internal Affairs in the Andijan region. In February 2024, a criminal case was opened under Article 167 («Theft by Embezzlement or Misappropriation») of the Criminal Code.

During the trial, the young man fully admitted his guilt and reimbursed the entire amount of the damage. Nevertheless, the court found him guilty and sentenced him to two years of corrective labor, with 20% of his monthly salary to be withheld in favor of the state.

Ucell emphasized that, as a result of the accused’s actions, no clients of the company were harmed, and no damage was inflicted on any of them.

The text has been translated by AI. For more accurate information, please refer to the Russian version of the article.