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A university department head in Tashkent detained for accepting $4,000 in bribe
In Tashkent, the head of the department and his accomplice were detained. Allegedly, they promised a client that he would be enrolled for master’s degree, the PGO Department for Combating Economic Crimes reported.
The Department under the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Tashkent city department of the State Security Service held an operative event.
During the event, a student of the Uzbek State Institute of Arts and Culture U.Kh. upon receipt of $4,000, for resolving the issue with the client’s enrollment in the master’s degree through the head of the department of the institute.
Reportedly, the event was continued. Also, the head of the department, citizen M.E., was detained after receiving $4,000 from U.Kh.
On this fact, a criminal case has been initiated under Articles 168 (fraud) and 28, 211 (bribery) of the Criminal Code.
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