A company director and a district poverty-reduction official in Andijan region fabricated employment records for 837 people, purging them from Uzbekistan’s social protection registry and leaving 78 entitled residents without welfare payments.
Two deputy chiefs of Buston district in Andijan region have been convicted of bribery after demanding one million soums per hectare from fruit and vegetable farmers, threatening land seizure if they refused. The verdict, handed down in February 2026, survived both appeal and cassation review.
