Uzenergoinspektsiya official in Bukhara detained for accepting $50,000 in bribe

He demanded $100,000 to issue a license to one petrol station, and to ignore the other one’s crimes.

Photo: Prosecutor General’s Office

According to the PGO information, S.A., an official of Uzenergoinspektsiya department in Bukhara, promised to restore the operation of a petrol station belonging to I.G.A.S. LLC, issue a license for the operation of a petrol station belonging to B.A.Y.Q. LLC. In addition, when a regulatory inspection is announced in 2024, he demanding a bribe of $100,000 in exchange for giving him advance notice about it. The fraudster was caught red-handed when he received $50,000 near the maternity complex of Bukhara.

On the above fact, a criminal case was initiated against S.A. under Article 210, Part 3, Paragraph “a” of the Criminal Code, and he was detained in the procedural order.

#bribery #Bukhara region #petrol station