As part of operational investigative activities, the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic (GKNB KR) discovered illegally operating exchange offices at the checkpoint "Dostuk-Auto Road".
On the territory of the checkpoint, 116 currency exchange points were identified, of which 84 operated without the necessary licenses.
Previously, the GKNB, together with the Osh Department of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, conducted activities that resulted in fines totaling 17,500 soms imposed on those engaged in illegal currency activities.
Despite this, violations continued, and ultimately the GKNB KR initiated a criminal case under Article 218, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, concerning illegal entrepreneurial activity with significant income.
On October 26 of this year, large-scale searches were conducted at the specified points, during which 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 somonis, 29,890 Turkish liras, 23,361 euros, and 53,920.5 Chinese yuan were seized. All exchange points were closed and sealed.
Currently, investigative actions are ongoing, after which a legal assessment will be provided.
