In Andijan province, a major fraud scheme has been exposed where a group of individuals illicitly funneled 35.1 billion soums from the state budget through fake cashback rewards on the Soliq Mobile app. The development was reported by the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the General Prosecutor's Office.
The conducted investigation found that six individuals, acting in conspiracy with several accomplices, established a network of shell companies: three registered under the name of individual O.Q., five under N.Y., and one under R.X. Although no real financial transactions took place between these entities, the group used computer equipment during March and April 2026 to forge electronic invoices falsely showing that 1.1 trillion soums worth of goods had been supplied. They then generated fake retail receipts through online cash registers to simulate actual consumer sales, which triggered automated cashback payouts to 100,458 users via the Soliq Mobile application.
Through this digital manipulation, 35.1 billion soums in public funds were systematically embezzled and misappropriated.
Furthermore, the investigation implicated responsible officials within the Andijan Provincial Tax Administration. Despite the shell companies pushing through a staggering 1.1 trillion soums in highly anomalous invoices, tax officials failed to revoke the enterprises' VAT registration certificates or flag these suspicious operations to the Department for Combating Economic Crimes.
Criminal proceedings regarding these matters have been initiated under Article 167 (Embezzlement or Misappropriation), Article 205 (Abuse of Power or Official Authority), and Article 228 (Forgery, Sale, or Use of Documents, Stamps, Seals, or Blanks) of the Criminal Code. The case file has been formally transferred to the prosecutor's office for further investigation based on jurisdictional competence.
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