Chief accountant of a college in Fergana embezzles 4.3 billion soums, bets on online gambling

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the activities of the chief accountant of the Fergana Regional College of Olympic Reserve have been exposed.

He used his position for illicit purposes. During 2019-2021, he unreasonably recorded a salary and bonus in the amount of 4 billion soums.

He also opened bank plastic cards under the name of college teachers and transferred 310 million soums to them without their knowledge.

It was revealed that the chief accountant spent a total of 4.3 billion soums on gambling on the Internet.

Criminal proceedings have been instituted against the chief accountant and others under Articles 167 (embezzlement or robbery) and 209 (forgery) of the Criminal Code.

A precautionary measure in the form of “detention” was applied against the suspect.

An investigation is ongoing.