Fergana investigator detained while receiving $100,000 bribe

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An investigator in Fergana was detained while receiving $100,000 for promising to help a man accused of embezzlement by reducing the amount of damage attributed to him and removing him from the wanted list.

The State Security Service

Fergana investigator detained while receiving $100,000 bribe — The State Security Service

The State Security Service (SSS), together with the Prosecutor General’s Office’s Internal Security Department, detained the investigator from the Fergana city department of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes during an operational operation.

The investigation found that the official had demanded $100,000 in exchange for making decisions in favor of a suspect in a criminal case opened under Article 167 of Uzbekistan’s Criminal Code, which covers misappropriation or embezzlement.

In particular, he promised to conduct investigative procedures in the suspect’s interest, reduce the amount of financial damage attributed to him and cancel the search warrant issued for him.

The investigator was detained while receiving the money. A criminal case has been opened under Article 210(3)(a) of the Criminal Code, which covers taking a bribe on an especially large scale. The investigation is ongoing.