The Department of the Prosecutor General's Office for the Fight Against Economic Crimes reported another case of unauthorized electricity consumption detected in Tashkent.
Department employees, along with the city’s Internal Affairs Directorate and the "Uzenergoinspektsiya," conducted a joint raid on the K. Y. enterprise. During this operation, "external interference" with the electricity meters in the production building was identified, attributed to responsible individuals within the company.
The company illegally used approximately 2 million kWh of electricity for commercial purposes. The damages resulting from its actions are estimated at around 1.7 billion sums.
A criminal case has been initiated against the officials under Article 196 of the Criminal Code (theft). Paragraph "d" of part 2 of this article stipulates restrictions or imprisonment for a period of 3 to 5 years, and in cases of particularly large amounts (paragraph "b" of part 4) - up to 15 years of imprisonment.
Last week, the Prosecutor General's Office announced the discovery of a "grey" mining farm found in the Mirzo-Ulugbek district of Tashkent. It had unlawfully consumed electricity valued at over 2 billion sums.
Previously, Spot reported that the Samarkand firm Siralish Meva achieved the cancellation of a debt of 3 billion sums for electricity.