A deficit of 61 million soums was revealed in the activities of the Urgut District Medical Association of the Samarkand region. On this fact, the prosecutor's office initiated a criminal case under Article 167 of the Criminal Code (embezzlement or misappropriation).
During this process, an assistant to the khokim, working under one of the mahalla citizens' assemblies in the district, demanded $2,500 in exchange for a "positive resolution" of the issue in favor of one of the suspects in the case, and was detained by the State Security Service officers while receiving it.
During the operation, it was discovered that the money was planned to be handed over to a lawyer from a local law firm, and surveillance continued. As a result, the lawyer was also caught red-handed while accepting $2,500.
According to the information, the lawyer, through his official acquaintances, promised to terminate the part of the case concerning the suspect in accordance with Article 84 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Currently, a criminal case has been initiated against the assistant khokim and the lawyer under Articles 168 (fraud) and 28,211 (bribery) of the Criminal Code, and an investigation is underway.
According to official data, the hokim's assistant had previously been convicted under Article 167 of the Criminal Code, and the lawyer under Article 168 of the Criminal Code. Based on the interests of the investigation, other details were not disclosed.
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