During an operative event carried out by employees of the State Security Service of the Samarkand region, M.Yu., born in 1988, financial consultant of the Sugdiyona banking services center of Ipoteka Bank JSCB, was detained.

It was established that he demanded 20 million soums and $100 from a local resident, who was a client of the bank, for assistance in obtaining a mortgage loan for 700 million soums.

The wrongdoer was caught red-handed while receiving the requested amount.

Currently, a criminal case has been initiated against the detainee under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code, and an investigation is underway.