Chief accountant of a college in Fergana appropriated 4.3 billion soums, which he lost on a betting site. Using his official position, the suspect in 2019-2021 unreasonably transferred to his own account over 4 billion soums, US$ 370 thousand worth of salaries and allowances.
Also, he would open bank accounts for college teachers without their knowledge and transferred 310 million soums of public funds to them.
It turned out that the chief accountant spent a total of 4.3 billion soums, which he lost on online gambling.
He is now facing Theft) and Forgery charges of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan.
The suspect was taken into custody as a preventive measure, with investigation underway.
