Namangan construction inspectorate officer caught with bribe

In the Namangan region, the chief specialist of the Construction and Housing and Communal Services Supervision Inspectorate was caught accepting a $10,000 bribe, while the head of a private LLC was caught with a $4,400 bribe. This was reported by the State Security Service.

According to the report, the chief specialist of the Inspectorate allegedly used his connections in the judicial system to demand $30,000 in exchange for securing a retrial and a non-custodial sentence for an individual who had been sentenced to 8 years in prison in January of this year. During an operation conducted by the Namangan regional Department of the State Security Service, in cooperation with the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the regional Prosecutor General’s Office, the specialist was caught receiving $10,000 as an advance payment. It was revealed that he had a prior criminal record involving multiple fraud-related offenses.

In a separate operation, the head of an LLC engaged in property valuation services was caught red-handed while receiving $4,400 in exchange for reducing the tax debt of an entrepreneur’s company—from 783 million soums to 141 million soums—through his alleged connections in the tax authorities. The operation led to further developments: the head of the Namangan regional tax department, reportedly associated with the LLC official, was also caught receiving the same $4,400 bribe.

Criminal cases have been initiated against all involved individuals, and investigative actions are currently ongoing.

It should be recalled that earlier in the city of Bukhara, a tax inspector was detained for demanding a $400 bribe in exchange for lifting the property ban on the head of an LLC.