According to the press service of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate, the directors of the driving schools B.T. and M.A., with the help of intermediary I.T., deceitfully extorted amounts ranging from 40,000 to 120,000 soms from citizens, predominantly located abroad, through the electronic wallet "Mbank." In return, they provided fictitious documents confirming course completion, although in reality, these individuals did not attend classes or undergo training.
The investigation revealed that through the intermediary, 244 cases of illegal registration were recorded, which brought the perpetrators over 2 million 760 thousand soms.
After receiving the money, the fraudsters registered their "students" on the official state portal and issued them certificates of course completion, allowing them to take exams at the GRS.
In connection with these events, a criminal case has been initiated under Article 379 (forgery of documents) of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. The organizers of the scheme, I.T., M.A., and B.T., were detained in accordance with Article 96 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Kyrgyz Republic and placed in a temporary detention facility.
During the searches, the police seized:
- 200 student registration journals;
- 160 driver's licenses;
- 264 other documents;
- 8 electronic storage devices;
- a hunting rifle and 40 cartridges.
All seized items have been recognized as physical evidence. A channel for producing fake documents for vehicle registration and transit numbers of foreign states was also discovered.
The investigation is ongoing.
