Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - On 16 July, citizen Kh.F. explained that in May 2021, an unknown person through the Telegram social network said that he was engaged in the sale and delivery of medicines, and if she sent 636,000 soums to his plastic card, he would deliver medicines to her home. 

But having received the money, the stranger did not fulfill his promise, spending the money appropriated by fraudulent means on his personal needs. This was reported by the press service of the Ferghana Regional Internal Affairs Directorate.

On this fact, the Investigation Department under the Internal Affairs Directorate of the city of Margilan opened a criminal case under part 1 of Article 168 (fraud) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In the course of the carried out operational-search actions, it was established that this crime was committed by citizen M.A. An investigation is underway.

Remember that fraud is criminalized by law.

A person who has committed the above crime may be punished with imprisonment for up to three years.