According to the information of the Samarkand regional DIA, a citizen applied to the regional police department and said that a person living in the city of Samarkand is engaged in fraudulently sending citizens to the USA.

Allegedly, he promised to take the citizens to Mexico first through European countries, and then to the USA, and asked for $40,000 for each person. Also, citizens willing to migrate initially had to pay $10,000 for the preparation of documents.

During an operative event, the fraudster was arrested while taking $10,000 from the citizen who wrote an application. In connection with this situation, a criminal case was initiated against this citizen under Paragraph “a”, Article 168-4 of the Criminal Code. An investigation is currently underway.