According to the press service of the Bukhara regional Department of Internal Affairs, the identities of internet fraudsters have been identified. This was reported by Upl.uz.
On July 24 of this year, a resident of G‘ijduvon district in Bukhara region contacted law enforcement agencies. He reported that an unknown person gained his trust and fraudulently obtained 4,175,000 soms from him.
The fraudster spoke with the citizen about winning a valuable prize and demanded money for the delivery of the prize. The victim trusted him and sent the funds.
As a result of the investigation, it was found that the fraudster is a person born in 2003 living in the Kashkadarya region. Also, another citizen from Bukhara region, who is from Mingbuloq district of Namangan region, contacted law enforcement agencies.
He reported that 4,700,000 soms disappeared from his bank plastic card. During the investigation, it was revealed that the fraudster is a person born in 2005 living in Tashkent region, who fraudulently obtained the secret code sent via SMS from the citizen and embezzled the funds.
In both cases, criminal proceedings have been initiated under Part 3 of the “Fraud” article of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The fraudsters may face up to 8 years of imprisonment.
Currently, law enforcement officers are working to determine whether the accused individuals are involved in other similar crimes.
