Another successful operation to ensure digital security and curb cybercrime has been carried out in our capital. During a special operational event in Tashkent, two main organizers of a major fraud network that had been stealing citizens' funds were apprehended.
The criminals, who managed the activities of a group that stole over 1 billion soums from a single citizen's account, were involved in laundering and withdrawing the funds without a trace.
The "Drop" chain: A major crime for a pittance
During the investigation, a chain of "drops"—intermediaries who provided their bank cards to the fraudsters and became accomplices—was also uncovered:
Slave to greed: One local resident sold their personal bank cards for just 1 million soums. Through these cards, the criminals easily misappropriated 325 million soums. worth of funds.
Students and teenagers: A student from the capital sold their cards to two young men (one of whom is still a minor), facilitating the conversion of a total of 238 million soums of stolen money into cryptocurrency.
Search results and the inevitability of punishment
Searches conducted at the criminals' residences revealed numerous pieces of evidence confirming their illicit activities:
Over 100 million soums in cash;
Dozens of bank plastic cards and SIM cards were confiscated.
Currently, a criminal case has been initiated under the relevant articles, and the main organizers of the group have been detained. We remind our readers to be careful with their bank cards and personal data, and that selling or renting cards to strangers leads to severe criminal liability.
Do you think the "drops" who sold their bank cards to strangers should receive the same severe punishment as the organizers?
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