The key facts

  • The head of Markhamat Agropilla and the deputy head of the employment department fictitiously employed 837 people between May and October 2025
  • Due to the false records, people were removed from the poverty registry, and 78 people did not receive material assistance
  • The convicted man was sentenced to corrective labor with 20% of his earnings withheld

What the court established

In the Markhamat district of Andijan region, a court has sentenced the head of Markhamat Agropilla LLC (initials A.A.) for fictitious employment of residents. Kun.uz reported this citing a court document.

A scheme on paper

According to the verdict, A.A., together with the deputy head of the district's poverty reduction and employment promotion department (Sh.Zh.), unlawfully collected personal data of 837 residents registered in the social registry. They then entered false information into the unified national employment system, claiming that these people had been hired by Markhamat Agropilla and worked there from May to October 2025 with an accrued salary of 6.3 million soums. The purpose, as stated in the court decision, was to artificially reduce the district's unemployment rate and the number of citizens in the Unified Social Protection Registry.

Who was affected

As a result, hundreds of people were removed from the poverty registry as supposedly employed. The direct consequence for residents: 78 people on the registry did not receive the material assistance they were entitled to. Judging by the scheme, this concerned people whose status and right to social payments depended on a work record that in reality did not exist.

The verdict

A.A. pleaded guilty in court and expressed remorse, asking for a lighter sentence. The Markhamat district court found him guilty under part 2, subparagraphs 'a' and 'g' of Article 141-2 (violation of personal data legislation), part 2, subparagraph 'a' of Article 28,205 (abuse of power or official authority), and part 1 of Article 28,209 (official forgery) of the Criminal Code. He was sentenced to one year of corrective labor with 20% of his earnings withheld for the state. The fate of the second defendant, Sh.Zh., is not reported in the available summary of the court document.