Prosecutor’s Office detains fraudsters exploiting Uzbeks abroad

Reportedly, citizens M.A. and S.S. conspired in advance and gained the trust of a group of Uzbeks. They promised to send people to European countries that pay $2,000-3,000 a month and issue work visas. Thus, they fraudulently obtained $5,500 from them.

In addition, in November 2019, S.S. and others persuaded 14 citizens to work in the construction sphere in Kyiv, Ukraine, for a salary of $500 a month. Then the fraudsters promised to transfer them to work in European countries. However, abusing their trust, their passports were collected at a construction firm in Kyiv and they were exploited under harsh working conditions for 75 days. They were also not paid their $17,500 salary.

Later, the citizens were taken to Gomel, Belarus, and Moscow, Russia, where they were repeatedly deceived about the issuance of European visas. As a result, they lost their jobs in these countries and faced various difficulties.

“On the aforementioned facts, citizens M.A., S.S. and others are being investigated under Article 168-2 and Article 135-2 of the Criminal Code,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement.