Tuesday, 30, April, 2024

The former manager of Bukhara province branch of Asakabank and the head of Internal Audit Service of the head office were placed on the wanted list, UzA said. Reportedly, having colluded with a group of persons, they caused serious damage to the interests of the state and the bank.

The former head of the Bukhara province regional branch of Asakabank Murodov, the head of loans department Yadgarov, the head of internal audit department Asakabank Idiyev entered into a criminal conspiracy with the head of Grand Buxara Agro Bahronov company, the head of the Bukhara branch of Kafilsugurta insurance company Aburakhmanov to receive a $2 million in a soft loan financed by the Asian Development Bank. The money was used to purchase a greenhouse complex for a price twice the real one. By leaving the loan unsecured, they damaged state and banking interests worth total of $503,000.

The ex-manager bank Murodov and the head of the internal audit service oIdiyev have been put on the wanted list. The remaining members of the criminal group were brought to justice.

Earlier, the prosecutor's office opened a criminal case against 13 employees of the Andijan province branch of Xalq Bank on suspicion of embezzlement of 4.6 billion soums. Eleven of them were arrested, two were released on bail.

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