According to the press service of the State Security Service, three individuals born in 1995, 1998, and 2002, residing in the city of Andijan and the Altynkul district, were detained. It is said that they forcibly put a citizen living in the Andijan district, born in 2004, who is engaged in crypto-assets, into a car and introduced themselves as law enforcement officers.
According to the information, the group members embezzled $100,000 worth of the victim's cryptocurrency through extortion. In return, they attempted to give the citizen 160,000 counterfeit US dollars.
During the operation, fake "employees" were detained and their illegal actions were stopped. A criminal case has been initiated under Article 165, Part 3, Clause "a" and Article 176, Part 3, Clause "a" of the Criminal Code, and an investigation is underway.
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