According to the press service of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate, directors B.T. and M.A., as well as intermediary I.T., were detained. They earned between 40,000 to 120,000 soms from citizens, mostly located abroad, through the electronic wallet "Mbank." In return, they issued fake certificates of course completion without providing any training.
The investigation revealed that through just one intermediary, 244 people were registered, which brought the perpetrators 2,760,850 soms.
After receiving payment, the "students" were registered on the state portal, and they were issued certificates of completion from driving schools, allowing them to take exams at the GRS.
A criminal case has been initiated under Article 379 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic (forgery of documents). The organizers of the scheme — I.T., M.A., and B.T. — have been detained in accordance with the procedures of Article 96 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Kyrgyz Republic and placed in custody.
During the searches, law enforcement officers seized:
- 200 registration logs;
- 160 driver's licenses;
- 264 other documents;
- 8 electronic devices;
- a hunting rifle and 40 cartridges.
All collected materials have been recognized as physical evidence. A channel for the production of counterfeit documents for vehicle registration and transit numbers of foreign states was also discovered.
The investigation is ongoing.
