During sting operations conducted in the city of Angren in Tashkent province and across the Navoiy province, law enforcement authorities detained individuals attempting to circulate a total of $120,000 in counterfeit U.S. currency.
In the first operation, conducted jointly by the Angren city branch of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the General Prosecutor's Office and other law enforcement agencies, citizens M.Y. (a prior offender), M.A., and Z.A. were caught red-handed. The group was apprehended while selling $80,000 in counterfeit $100 bills to another citizen, A.D., in exchange for $40,000 in genuine currency.
In a similar operation, the Navoiy Provincial Department of the Economic Crimes Task Force, alongside partnering law enforcement officials, caught citizen I.Q. in the act. The suspect had negotiated a deal to sell $40,000 in counterfeit $100 bills to citizen R.B. for $28,000, and was detained right as the initial $10,000 batch was being exchanged.
Criminal cases have been opened regarding these incidents under Article 168 (Fraud) and Article 176 (Manufacturing or circulating counterfeit currency, excise stamps, or securities) of the Criminal Code. Investigations are ongoing.
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