The head and engineer of the Almalyk branch of “Toshkent Suv Taminoti”, who were extorting a bribe from the businessman, were detained, the PGO Department for Combating Economic Crimes reported. 

It is noted that the detainees demanded a bribe of $2,000 from the founder of FL LLC in exchange for not including a formalized protocol for water spent on the construction of a shopping center in the database.

On this fact, a criminal case was initiated under Article 210 (bribe-taking) of the Criminal Code. Investigative actions are underway.