The victim, a woman, reported the incident to the Internal Affairs Department of the Pervomaisky District on November 12, 2025.
According to her, on November 5 of the same year, unknown individuals contacted her via WhatsApp and offered to sell her an apartment, after which she transferred them 49,900 dollars. The amount was sent to the accounts of seven different banks, but the promised property was never received. In this regard, a criminal case was initiated under the article concerning the intentional transfer or sale of electronic payment means and other assets, according to the Criminal Code of Kyrgyzstan.
Photo by the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of Bishkek
According to the investigation, the victim transferred 3,655,000 soms through terminals of one of the banks. During the investigation, one of the recipients of the funds was identified — a young man named A.B., born in 2007, to whose bank card 200,000 soms were credited. He was detained by the police for further procedural actions and placed in a temporary detention facility.
The police are actively conducting operational-search activities and technical operations aimed at collecting additional evidence, forming a case file, and establishing all circumstances of the crime, as well as identifying those involved.
