The Prosecutor-General’s Office said that the criminal case was opened on facts of evasion from payment of tax and mandatory payments in large volumes, conducting operations without license, legalization of incomes, received from criminal activities, and other crimes.

The criminal case was opened based on materials of inspection of financial-economic activity of enterprises and its affiliated structures, conducted by the State Tax Committee of Uzbekistan.

The inspection showed that top managers of Uzdunrobita violated the laws in conducting financial-economic activities with use of illegal schemes of tax evasion.

The Prosecutor-General’s Office said that the inspection revealed that the company did not pay taxes and mandatory payments for 150.779 billion soums and violated trade rules for 832 million soums and concealed US$15.5 million.

Selective study of agreements showed that Uzdunrobita management signed fake agreement on purchase of condenser blocks and it transferred 25 billion soums (US$15 million) to the account of firm in offshore. However, actual market price of received equipment was 147.1 million soums (US$87,000). The Prosecutor-General’s Office said this was done to decrease taxation base, money laundering and hiding foreign currency.

The inspection also revealed other many facts of violations of top management of Uzdunrobita and investigations are underway on these cases.

The Prosecutor-General’s Office said that it accused director of Uzdunrobita Behzod Ahmedov in tax eviction, conducting activities without license and committing other crimes in absentia. Behzod Ahmedov is hiding from law enforcement bodies and he was included to wanted list.

Financial director of Uzdunrobita Temurmalik Alimov and Financial Controller Radik Dautov were arrested as suspects in participation in these illegal operations.

The Prosecutor-General’s Office is continuing preliminary inspection and studying financial-economic activities of the enterprise.