A community of illegal cybercriminals has been identified in Tashkent. Interior Ministry employees noticed suspicious activity in an officially empty private house in the Yaksrai district of Tashkent. During the attack, it became clear that the rooms of the house were inhabited by 23 foreign citizens who were in Uzbekistan without permission. Moreover, a fraudulent call center operated on such a "hostel" basis. Cyber ​​crime department operatives seized 80 mobile phones, 21 laptops, 6 Wi-Fi routers and 22 passports. It was also revealed that three foreigners repeatedly made transactions for the purchase and sale of crypto assets through unlicensed online crypto exchanges. The total turnover of their activity amounted to 27.9 thousand US dollars, or about 329.6 million soms. Based on this fact, a criminal case was opened according to Part 2 of Article 278-8 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan ("Violation of legislation in the field of circulation of crypto-assets"). An investigation is underway.

A community of illegal cybercriminals has been identified in Tashkent. Interior Ministry employees noticed suspicious activity in an officially empty private house in the Yaksrai district of Tashkent. During the attack, it became clear that the rooms of the house were inhabited by 23 foreign citizens who were in Uzbekistan without permission. Moreover, a fraudulent call center operated on such a "hostel" basis. Cyber ​​crime department operatives seized 80 mobile phones, 21 laptops, 6 Wi-Fi routers and 22 passports. It was also revealed that three foreigners repeatedly made transactions for the purchase and sale of crypto assets through unlicensed online crypto exchanges. The total turnover of their activity amounted to 27.9 thousand US dollars, or about 329.6 million soms. Based on this fact, a criminal case was opened according to Part 2 of Article 278-8 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan ("Violation of legislation in the field of circulation of crypto-assets"). An investigation is underway.