Fraudsters caught taking an advance for the fake preferential loan

In the Syrdarya region, individuals who promised to arrange preferential loans through alleged high-level connections have been detained. This was reported by the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the Prosecutor General's Office.

According to the report, during an operational operation, citizen J.X. and accomplices gained the trust of S.M. and M.X. They claimed they could secure a preferential loan of 400 million soums through acquaintances supposedly holding high positions, in exchange for a 40 million soum “service fee.”

They were caught red-handed while receiving 20 million soums as part of the agreed amount.

A criminal case has been initiated under Article 168 of the Criminal Code (fraud), and investigative actions are ongoing.

It should be recalled that earlier in Tashkent, individuals offering a loan of 3 million U.S. dollars under similar fraudulent schemes were also detained.