It was found that over 1 billion soums of budget funds were embezzled in the Migration Agency.
Some employees were paid salaries for periods they did not work, as well as incentive payments contrary to legislation, and a criminal case has been initiated regarding the situation.
A criminal case has been initiated regarding the embezzlement of over 1 billion soums of budget funds at the Migration Agency.
A pre-investigation inquiry conducted by the Tashkent city department of the Department under the Prosecutor General's Office found that responsible officials of the agency had calculated 931.6 million soums in salaries for two employees — B.D. and N.A. — for periods during which they did not actually work.
It was also revealed that, despite disciplinary action having been imposed and the penalty period still ongoing, 8 other employees were paid 88.5 million soums in violation of the requirements of the Labor Code.
As a result of the situation, it was recorded that a total of over 1 billion soums of budget funds were embezzled or misappropriated.
A criminal case has been initiated under Article 167 of the Criminal Code (embezzlement or misappropriation) regarding this incident, and investigative actions are underway.
Earlier, a person who introduced himself as Azizbek Toshtemirov, a former head of a department at the Migration Agency, published a number of posts on the Telegram channel "Korea 24 hours" concerning the agency's current and former leaders.
The posts on the "Korea 24 hours" channel alleged that Afzal Ermatov, the former head of the Migration Agency, had created artificial queues for sending workers to South Korea during the pandemic, collected additional funds from certain citizens, and that there had been unlawful interference in examination processes. A number of accusations were also made against the current director, Behzod Musayev. In particular, claims were made regarding the processes of issuing licenses to private employment agencies, the system for sending workers to Korea, and certain personal assignments.
In May, the department under the Prosecutor General's Office announced that a large-scale corruption scheme related to sending Uzbeks to work in South Korea had been exposed. According to preliminary data, more than $100 million had been illegally collected from citizens through this scheme.
