A prisoner in Tashkent region deceived another inmate, embezzled his $2,000, the Prosecutor General’s Office reports.

“In the colony-settlement No. 43, located in Tashkent region, prisoner B. R. fraudulently possessed $2,000 of another prisoner,” the report says.

Reportedly, B. R. earned the trust of the other inmate and told him that he needs to offer a bribe to a lawyer for his release from the colony.

The prosecutor’s office of Tashkent opened a criminal case against B. R. 

Investigative actions are underway.