SOCIETY | 14:23 / 13.09.2024
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Uzbekistan Swimming Federation officials embezzle over 2 billion UZS

The general secretary of the federation sent his family members and 15 other people to Türkiye on vacation at the expense of the federation. In addition, the money allocated by the sponsors was also looted.

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It was found that the officials of the Uzbekistan Swimming Federation had looted a large amount of money during the audit conducted by the prosecutor’s office, the PGO press secretary reported.

In particular, N.G., M.G, who were actually family members of the general secretary of the federation A.G., and 15 other citizens, who were not members of the national team, were sent to Türkiye for a vacation. As a result, 405 million UZS were looted.

Also, 458 million soums were embezzled by issuing false orders about training camps that were not actually held.

In addition, 1.2 billion soums allocated by sponsors to the federation for holding international competitions and training sessions were spent without purpose and embezzled.

On the above fact, a criminal case has been initiated, and preliminary investigation efforts are being conducted.

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