A scheme to embezzle budget funds totaling 1.9 billion UZS has been uncovered in Uzbekistan's Jizzakh region. According to Podrobno.uz, the perpetrators used fake transactions and the Soliq Mobile app to illegally obtain cashback for non-existent purchases.

The Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the Prosecutor General's Office reported that a group of individuals acting in collusion was involved in the scheme.

An investigation revealed that citizens and responsible employees had forged documents indicating the delivery of goods worth 16.6 billion UZS. Subsequently, fictitious transactions were processed through cash registers, generating 3,100 receipts for supposedly completed purchases.

Based on this data, cashback was credited via the Soliq Mobile app to citizens included in the social protection registry. In this way, the perpetrators illegally appropriated and embezzled 1.9 billion UZS in budget funds.

A criminal case has been initiated under Articles 167 (embezzlement or misappropriation) and 228 (forgery and use of documents) of the Criminal Code. An investigation is ongoing.

Earlier, another cashback embezzlement scheme was uncovered in the Andijan region, with damages estimated at 38.3 billion UZS.

Source: podrobno.uz