On September 20 of this year, the head of the agency Shokhinur Fayzullayev was charged under paragraph “a”, part 4 of article 168 of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan. The measure of detention was chosen against him.
During the investigation, more than 1,000 citizens were recognized as victims and civil plaintiffs. The damage caused to them amounted to over 21 billion soums.
During the preliminary investigation, apartments and cars belonging to Sh. Fayzullayev were seized, they were estimated at more than 6 billion soums. In addition, property in the company’s office has been recorded and valued for around 350 million soums.
In addition, in order to compensate for the damage, funds in the amount of 1.5 billion soums were recorded, which Fayzullayev transferred to the accounts of various organizations. They were put on deposit by the Ministry of Interior. All assets, added to the deposit and used to reimburse the victims, will subsequently be sold in accordance with a court decision.
“It is worth noting that as a result of operational-investigative measures, taken by the investigating authority, it was revealed that the LLC officials transferred a huge amount of money (in the amount of about 15 billion soums) to 11 business entities for various purposes. It was found out that in such way the money was laundered. Then it was illegally encashed and misappropriated by “businessmen”.
Currently, criminal proceedings have been instituted against these false entrepreneurs. We will make every effort to return these funds and compensate for the material damage caused to citizens,” Oybek Kulbekov, deputy head of the investigation department said.
It was noted that on December 7 this year, the charges against Shakhinur Fayzullayev were supplemented by articles providing for liability for “fraud”, “violation of trade rules”, “deliberate destruction of documents”, “false business”, “legalization of criminal proceeds” and “abuse of power by a non-governmental organization official”.
An indictment has now been drawn up and forwarded to the prosecutor’s office for approval. It will be submitted to the appropriate judicial authority for consideration.
