In Tashkent, officers of the State Security Service and the Prosecutor General's Office stopped the actions of an Uzbek and a foreign national who were trying to illegally transport people to the United States in return of large sums of money, the press service of the State Security Service said.
A resident of Samarkand, 33, promised a foreign national and his family (five people in total) to organize entry into the United States via Turkey for a total of $150 thousand, $30 thousand for family member. The suspect was arrested while he was receiving $15 thousand upfront, allegedly for the processing of visa documents through familiar officials.
In another case, a foreign national, 21, gained the trust of another foreigner and said that he could obtain a fake British passport and send him to the United States through Turkey and the UAE for $25 thousand. He was detained while he was receiving half the amount - $12.5 thousand.
Fake passports and ID cards were found in the suspect's apartment as evidence.
Criminal cases have been opened on both facts under Fraud committed on an especially large scale charge and Giving a bribe on an especially large scale charge through the Types of accomplices to a crime charge of the Criminal Code.
