Law enforcement authorities in Fergana have detained Mansur Arifov, also known as 'Mansur Kazansky,' who is linked to organized crime. He is suspected of extorting $200,000.

According to the Fergana Regional Department of Internal Affairs, Arifov agreed to purchase a non-residential property worth $1.2 million from a Tashkent resident, with payment to be made through a bank loan secured by the property. After the property was notarized in his name, he reviewed the loan terms and interest rates, then refused to take the loan. However, instead of returning the property to its legal owner, the suspect demanded $200,000 for re-registering it back.

Additionally, Arifov, along with his accomplice born in 1968, pressured the victim's business partner by blackmailing him with compromising materials and threatening criminal prosecution.

During a joint operation by the Fergana Regional Department of Internal Affairs and the State Security Service, the suspect was caught red-handed while receiving $100,000 at a notary office on Burkhoniddin Marginoni Street in Fergana. A criminal case has been opened under Article 165 of the Criminal Code (extortion), and the suspects have been detained in procedural order. Citizens who have suffered from the actions of these individuals are asked to call 102.

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