Charity money was bet on a bookmaker: a young man was caught in Fergana

A young man born in 2007 in Tashkent city was detained in Fergana region on suspicion of committing fraud and cybercrime. It was found that he embezzled funds collected for charity on social networks.

 

During rapid operations conducted by officers of the Cybercrime Combat Department of the Fergana Region Internal Affairs Directorate, it was also found that the suspect had systematically violated the legislative requirements related to the trade of crypto-assets in Uzbekistan.

 

The total value of the crypto-assets he put into illegal circulation exceeded 408 thousand US dollars. This amounts to 4 billion 894 million 152 thousand soums in national currency.

 

During the investigation, it was found that the young man used a fraud scheme to embezzle the funds of citizens who had appealed for help on social networks.

 

In particular, upon seeing on Instagram that charity funds were being collected for a patient, he opened a fake account on Telegram in the name of a blogger. He wrote to the person collecting funds on behalf of the patient, telling them to temporarily transfer the money that had arrived on the card to his account, and that he would later deliver it in cash.

 

In this way, he embezzled nearly 43 million soums from the victim. Also, under the same pretext, he had more than 30 million soums transferred to his card by an employee of a Paynet branch who was an acquaintance of the victim.

 

During the investigation, the suspect stated that he transferred part of the embezzled funds to an online bookmaker account and lost it. According to his words, he bet a total of 76 million soums at the bookmaker and lost it.

 

Regarding the case, a criminal case was initiated against him under Article 168, Part 3, points "b" and "v", and Article 278¹⁸, Part 3, point "a" of the Criminal Code.

 

Currently, investigative actions are being carried out within the framework of the criminal case.