In Namangan, an illegal gambling network with a turnover of 85 billion UZS was exposed.

A criminal group that organized online gambling in a computer game club in the Davlatobod district of Namangan region has been shut down. The regional Department of Internal Affairs reported this.

 

According to the report, during an operational event conducted by the Namangan Regional Department of Internal Affairs' Directorate for Combating Crimes in the Field of Information Technology, a hidden gambling scheme was discovered in the game club. After 620,000 soums were deposited through a conditional buyer and transferred to the gambling platform's account, members of the criminal group were detained.

 

According to the pre-investigation inquiry, a person born in 1985, residing in the "Guliston" neighborhood of the Chust district, organized a special criminal group together with trusted accomplices.

 

During the group's activities, a limit of 796.6 million soums and transactions worth 44.6 billion soums were recorded in accounts within a special application, while another account showed a limit of 115.6 million soums and a turnover of 26.6 billion soums. Additionally, it was determined that a monetary turnover of 14.6 billion soums was carried out through cryptocurrency.

 

In total, the criminal activity's turnover amounted to 85 billion soums. During the operational event, 26,990 US dollars, 73 million soums in cash, 10 plastic cards, mobile phones, computer equipment, and a money counting device were seized from the suspects as material evidence.

 

A criminal case has been initiated under Article 278, Part 2, Clause "b" of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan regarding the incident, and a pre-trial detention measure has been applied to the suspects. Investigative actions are ongoing.