A resident of the Samarkand region, B.U., reported to law enforcement that an unknown individual had stolen 7.3 million UZS from his bank card.

As a result of investigative operations, it was determined that the crime was committed by a resident of Tashkent, K.A. It was revealed that he called the victim, B.U., and informed him that he had won a television and an air conditioner in a contest conducted by the organization Lamifarm.

K.A. told the victim that in order to claim his prize, he needed to transfer 200,000 UZS using a code received via SMS. After the victim provided the code from the Payme payment system, which he received via SMS, K.A. transferred 7.1 million UZS from B.U.’s bank card to his own account and then blocked the victim.

Further investigation revealed that the suspect had opened a Telegram account under the name CALL CENTER and had embezzled 550 million sums belonging to more than 1,000 citizens.

A criminal case has been initiated against K.A. under paragraph "g," part 3 of Article 168 of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan (Fraud), and an investigation is ongoing.