An operation by the State Security Service and the Department under the General Prosecutor's Office in Tashkent has uncovered illegal activities related to loan issuance.

Specifically, a lawyer from the banking services center of a private bank's Almazar branch and a previously convicted 47-year-old resident of the Yangiyul district in Tashkent region entered into a criminal conspiracy.

They gained the trust of a citizen planning to start a business and promised to arrange a preferential loan of $3.5 million in his name.

For their services, they demanded 12% of the loan amount — $420,000.

The suspects were caught red-handed while receiving an advance payment of $50,000.

A criminal case has been initiated, a pre-trial detention measure has been imposed, and an investigation is underway.

Source: uznews.uz