Uzenergoinspektsiya official in Bukhara detained for accepting $50,000 in bribe
He demanded $100,000 to issue a license to one petrol station, and to ignore the other one’s crimes.
According to the PGO information, S.A., an official of Uzenergoinspektsiya department in Bukhara, promised to restore the operation of a petrol station belonging to I.G.A.S. LLC, issue a license for the operation of a petrol station belonging to B.A.Y.Q. LLC. In addition, when a regulatory inspection is announced in 2024, he demanding a bribe of $100,000 in exchange for giving him advance notice about it. The fraudster was caught red-handed when he received $50,000 near the maternity complex of Bukhara.
On the above fact, a criminal case was initiated against S.A. under Article 210, Part 3, Paragraph “a” of the Criminal Code, and he was detained in the procedural order.
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