Three lawyers arrested in Tashkent for bribery

Illegal acts of 2 advocates and a lawyer were exposed in Tashkent city, the SSS reported.

M.M., an advocate of the law firm operating in Tashkent city, demands $30,000 in exchange for an acquittal through acquaintances in the judicial system against a person involved as an accused in a criminal case initiated under Paragraph “a” of Article 168-4 and other Articles of the Criminal Code. 

However, he was caught with material evidence by employees of the Tashkent City SSS Department and the Department for Combating Economic Crimes when he received $20,000 of the requested funds.

Currently, a criminal case has been opened against the advocate and investigation is underway.

In another case, Sh.U., an advocate of a law firm in Tashkent, and T.N., a lawyer of an LLC operating in the construction sector, mutually agreed: they promised to remove Article 135 from the charge of a person who was convicted under Articles 131 and 135 of the Criminal Code in 2021 and was sentenced to 8 years and 6 months in prison and is currently serving his sentence, to replace the punishment imposed on him with a lighter type of punishment through his acquaintances working in a high position in the judicial system. For their “service”, they demanded $75,000 in bribe.

In March of this year, when they received the requested amount of money, they were caught red-handed by the SSS officers. 

On the above fact, a criminal case was instituted against Sh.U. and T.N. under Paragraph “a” of Article 25,168, Part 4 and Paragraph “a” of Article 28,211, Part 3 of the Criminal Code. Investigative actions were carried out.

Uchtepa district court on criminal proceedings sentenced Sh.U. and T.N. to 14 years of imprisonment, they were also imposed a fine of 136 million UZS.

The advocate Sh.U. previously worked as a judge in the judicial system. The LLC lawyer T.N. was convicted under Article 210 of the Criminal Code in 2009, and in 2016 – under Article 122 of the Criminal Code.