A statement was filed with the internal affairs department of Mirabad district in Tashkent regarding the theft of a large sum of money from a company's bank account.

During an operational search, a suspect was detained — a young man who worked as an IT specialist at the company.

"I transferred all the money to a specially prepared account. I admit my guilt. Please forgive me, I will never do this again. The money is currently on another account, and I promise to return it all in the near future," the detainee said.

The investigation established that the young man had stolen 1 billion 43 million 108 thousand soums from the company's account through fraudulent schemes.

A criminal case has been initiated under Article 168 of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan (Fraud), and the investigation is ongoing.

Source: uznews.uz