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A scandal involving fraud has erupted in Shakhrisabz. At the center of the events is a hokim’s assistant who, along with accomplices, took out loans in the names of unsuspecting citizens.
Officers from the State Security Service in the Kashkadarya region, in collaboration with the prosecution authorities, conducted an inspection of the implementation of presidential decrees on supporting family entrepreneurship by local authorities. During these operations, a series of legal violations related to obtaining preferential loans was uncovered.
The hokim’s assistant in one of the mahallas in the city of Shakhrisabz, using his official position, conspired with the head of a local LLC. Together, during 2022-2023, they took out loans for the purchase of pedigree livestock, the development of poultry farming, beekeeping, sewing production, and the creation of greenhouses. However, instead of directing the funds towards business development, the fraudsters kept the money for themselves, forging documents using electronic signatures on behalf of 14 unsuspecting citizens. As a result, the bank disbursed loan funds amounting to 440.3 million soums.
The hokim’s assistant also conspired with another LLC head, who helped him take out similar loans for 25 citizens, allowing them to receive an additional 733.3 million soums.
According to the investigation, the total amount of loan funds issued based on falsified documents exceeded 1 billion 173 million soums. The money obtained fraudulently was distributed among the participants in the criminal scheme, while the real citizens, in whose names the loans were taken out, were unaware of these obligations.
As a result of these actions, the state suffered significant damage, and trust in local self-government bodies was undermined. Currently, criminal cases have been initiated against the hokim’s assistant and his accomplices under Articles 167 (embezzlement or misappropriation) and 228 (forgery, production, sale, or use of forged documents, stamps, seals, or forms) of the Criminal Code. The investigation is ongoing to identify all participants in this criminal scheme and bring them to justice.
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