A bank expert was caught taking a bribe in Tashkent.
He demanded money from the entrepreneur to allocate a loan of over 1 billion soums.
A major corruption case involving large-scale bribery has been exposed in Tashkent. The State Security Service reported on this.
It is reported that as part of the fight against corruption, the State Security Service's Tashkent City Department, in cooperation with the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the Prosecutor General's Office, conducted an urgent operation.
During the operation, a senior expert from one of the major joint-stock commercial banks operating in the capital was caught red-handed with material evidence while receiving $10,000 in cash from the head of an LLC operating in the service sector, under the pretext of a bribe.
According to investigation data, the suspect, through his acquaintances, promised to allocate a loan of 1 billion 250 million soums to this LLC from one of the banks located in Samarkand region.
A criminal case has now been initiated regarding this incident, and investigative actions are ongoing.
Law enforcement agencies reminded of the supremacy of law and emphasized that position and status do not exempt from responsibility.
