Officials of the Uzbekistan Swimming Federation are suspected of embezzling more than 2 billion soums, or US$ 150 million, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office said after a probe.
The probe found that 15 people who were not members of the swimming team, including two family members of the Secretary General of the Federation, A.G., were sent to Turkey from the funds contributed to the Federation and spent 405 million soums to this end.
Another 458 million soums were embezzled by signing fictitious orders to conduct training camps that did not actually take place.
In addition, 1.2 billion soums contributed by sponsors for holding international competitions and training camps were embezzled.
A criminal case has been opened, with preliminary investigation launched.
In 2022, there were reports about thefts of more than 1 billion soums in the Swimming Federation.
