According to the GKNB, 116 currency exchange points were identified at the 'Dostuk-Auto Road' checkpoint, of which 84 did not have the necessary licenses to conduct their activities.
Previously, the GKNB, together with the Osh branch of the National Bank of the KR, conducted a series of events during which administrative measures were applied to violators, resulting in fines totaling 17,500 soms.
Despite the measures taken, illegal activities continued. In this regard, the GKNB KR initiated a criminal case under Article 218, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the KR, which concerns illegal entrepreneurial and banking activities with significant income generation.
On October 26 of this year, mass searches were conducted at the specified exchange points, resulting in the seizure of 66,490,671 soms, 941,360 US dollars, 3,635,527,600 Uzbek soms, 3,531,200 Kazakh tenge, 66,729,142 Russian rubles, 170 Tajik somoni, 29,890 Turkish lira, 23,361 euros, and 53,920.5 Chinese yuan. All exchange points were closed and sealed.
Currently, investigative actions are ongoing, and a legal assessment of the situation will be provided based on the results.
