“Premier Motors Auto” faces criminal charges over large-scale fraud allegations

A criminal case has been launched against representatives of “Premier Motors Auto” LLC in Tashkent. D.I., who worked as a manager at the LLC registered on September 5, 2022, is suspected of committing large-scale fraud.

According to the indictment reviewed by Kun.uz, D.I., together with one of the company’s founders, Sh.R., and several employees, tricked citizens in nearly 20 cases by offering to buy or sell cars. Instead of delivering, they spent the received money on personal expenses.

For example, at the “Premier Motors Auto” dealership located on Qumariq Street in Sergeli district, D.I. gained the trust of citizen V.A. and agreed to purchase his Cobalt car for $10,200, promising quick payment. However, after acquiring the vehicle, he sold it to another person and used the proceeds for himself.

Similarly, he resold and misappropriated proceeds from cars belonging to other citizens, including:

• A Malibu worth UZS 375 million from A.B.
• A Lixiang L9 worth $72,500 from I.M.
• A BMW i3 worth $47,000 from A.M.
• A Cobalt worth $13,000 from U.X.
• A Gentra worth $12,000 from I.Y.

In another case, D.I. introduced himself as the head of the company and promised citizen S.M. to deliver an Equinox. He received UZS 44 million and signed a contract. A forensic handwriting examination later confirmed that the signature on the contract did not belong to the company’s director, Sh.R., but was in fact signed by D.I. The promise was not fulfilled, and the UZS 44 million was spent on his personal needs.

D.I. also collected money from other citizens under similar pretenses, including:

• UZS 88 million from F.X. for an Onix
• UZS 400 million from F.Y. for a BMW i3
• $68,500 from G.X. for a Lixiang L9
• UZS 231 million from Sh.A. for an Equinox
• $28,300 from B.Q. for a Traverse
• $67,000 from S.S. for a Lixiang L9
• UZS 369 million from T.P. for an Equinox
• UZS 235 million from R.X. for an Equinox
• UZS 229 million from N.N. for an Equinox
• UZS 669 million from J.S. for three Malibu-2 cars
• UZS 447 million from M.M. for an Equinox
• UZS 219 million from M.D. for a Malibu-2
• UZS 390 million from S.T. for a Lixiang L9

In each case, he failed to deliver the vehicles and instead used the money for personal purposes.

The 32-year-old D.I. has been charged under:

Article 228, part 2 (a, b) – Preparing, forging, selling, or using documents, stamps, seals, and forms

• Article 228, part 3
• Article 168, part 4 (a) – Fraud of large scale

The part of the criminal case involving co-founder Sh.R. and several employees of “Premier Motors Auto” LLC has been separated into a separate proceeding.

Previously, Kun.uz had raised suspicions about the activities of “Global Avto Kredit” LLC, which promised citizens expensive electric cars with interest-free installment payments. Earlier, the head of “Pr Premier-Avto” LLC had also been sentenced by a court.