Prosecutor-General’s Office said that it revealed new cases of violations of legislation of Uzbekistan in addition to previous ones.

Director-general of Uzdunrobita Behzod Ahmedov and director on corporate development of the company A. Mirzamoydinov organized a criminal group to make illegal income. Inspection of contracts for 2008-2011 showed that the group signed fake agreements to purchase technological equipment and other property on high prices, which increased expenses of the enterprise and decreasing its income. They also evaded from payment of taxes and other payments for 2.125 billion soums.

On 11 July 2012, A. Mirzamoydinov has been charged with committing crimes, envisaged in article 184 part three and other articles of the Uzbekistan Criminal Code and was arrested as preventive punishment.

At the same time, deputy director of Uzbdunrobita’s subsidiary R. Irgashev and his son, B. Irgashev, director of Uzdunrobita’s roaming department, were also members of the criminal group, led by son-in-law Behzod Ahmedov. In 2010-2011, they faked tax reports and artificially decreased number of employees to use preferences, provided to small businesses. In the result, they did not pay taxes and other payments for 5.945 billion soums.

On 12 July 2012, both R. Irgashev and B. Irgashev were charged with committing crimes, envisaged in article 184 part three and other articles of the Uzbekistan Criminal Code in absentia. Both of them are hiding and the law enforcement bodies included them to international wanted list.

Prosecutor-General’s Office said that currently the size of damage, caused by organized criminal group, which held top posts at Uzdunrobita and its subsidiaries, made up 500 billion soums and this is only due to hiding income and evading from tax and other mandatory payments.

Revision of financial-economic activity of Uzdunrobita and its branches is continuing and lawyers and financial specialists of Uzdunrobita were attracted to this work. New information on criminal case is handed over to representatives of Uzdunrobita for familiarization.