In the Navoi region, three individuals suspected of cyber fraud have been arrested for allegedly embezzling a total of 336 million UZS from the bank cards of 21 citizens across the republic. This was reported by the Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A criminal case was initiated after a resident of the Karmana district reported a large sum of money secretly stolen from his bank card.

During the investigation, it was discovered that an unknown person sent the victim a malicious APK application, through which his personal data was obtained. Subsequently, using the citizen's registration on the E-auction platform, 230 million UZS were stolen from his bank card.

As part of the comprehensive operational-preventive month "Safe and Healthy Country," a targeted operation led to the arrest of three suspects in the fraud case.

Examination of their criminal scheme revealed that they had illegally obtained a total of 336 million UZS from 21 citizens nationwide through cyber fraud.

A criminal case has been opened against the group under Part 3 of Article 169 of the Criminal Code (Theft). Investigative actions are currently underway.

Previously, in Khorezm, a group was exposed that hacked Telegram accounts via virus files and stole over 1 billion UZS from citizens' bank cards. They also sent messages to victims' relatives posing as them to transfer money.

Source: www.gazeta.uz