Uzbekistan lists Humans founder Vladimir Dobrinin in Interpol Red Notice database

The charges include organizing and conducting gambling and other risk-based games, as well as money laundering.

According to Interpol, Dobrinin was born on March 31, 1974, in Austria and is a Russian national.

In May 2025, Singapore-based Humans Mobile Ltd, the parent company of Humans in Uzbekistan, filed a claim against the Uzbek government with the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

The company accused Uzbek state bodies, including the Central Bank and state-owned Uzbektelecom, of systematically harming its business and breaching a bilateral investment protection agreement between Uzbekistan and Singapore.

An arbitral tribunal was formed in January 2026.

Separately, the company has been involved in domestic legal disputes. On October 14, 2025, a Tashkent inter-district economic court declared Humans LLC bankrupt following a claim by Octobank (formerly Ravnaq-bank).

The total debt is estimated at about UZS 430 billion, linked to servicing co-branded Visa cards, which were suspended in June 2025.

Uzbektelecom sought through the courts to recover more than UZS 532 billion for infrastructure services. Humans, in turn, challenged the claims before the Competition Committee, accusing the company of setting monopolistically high prices.

The case has also been accompanied by allegations of fraud and internal disputes over ownership. Uzbek citizen Maksim Sidanov filed a lawsuit claiming he had invested $12 million in the project and, citing agreements, sought a 66% stake in Humans. His lawyer said Dobrinin had ceased contact with the claimant since September 2024.

In late 2025, media reported complaints from customers over unauthorized withdrawals from Humans cards. The company attributed the incidents to technical failures and cyberattacks.

The Central Bank said it had conducted a review and forwarded the materials to Tashkent police for legal assessment.

Uzbekistan has also placed former Uzmetkombinat chief Dilshod Akhmedov on Interpol’s wanted list on embezzlement charges, while Ravshan Mukhitdinov faces separate charges, including property damage, organizing a criminal group, and hooliganism.