A former employee of Uzbekistan's 'Uzmilliybank' in Fergana, Doniyer Ibragimov, 50, has been sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for embezzling nearly 1.5 billion soums (about $115,000) from clients and the bank.

From 2019 to 2024, Ibragimov used his access to the IABS banking system and card replacement operations to transfer funds from over 100 clients to other cards and cash them out, stealing 641.2 million soums.

Additionally, between April and December 2023, he opened ATMs at the 'Dehkan Market' in Fergana seven times using a key he kept. He removed cash from cassettes, cut the seal threads with a blade, and re-glued them with superglue to hide evidence, stealing 845 million soums.

The Fergana City Court found Ibragimov guilty of theft on an especially large scale (Article 169) and abuse of power (Article 205), sentencing him to 8.5 years in a general-regime colony. He was also ordered to pay over 26 million soums to one victim and nearly 1.5 billion soums to the bank.

Earlier, it was reported that bank employees in Tashkent stole $500,000 from a client's account using forged documents.

Source: podrobno.uz