According to information from law enforcement agencies, on December 31, 2025, a local resident A.K., born in 1973, approached the Karakol City Police Department. In his statement, he reported that an unknown fraudster deceived his daughter into giving him a gold necklace worth 112,500 soms, assuring her that it was being taken "on loan," after which he fled the scene.
The statement was registered in the Unified Register of Crimes of the Karakol City Police Department, and an investigation was initiated as part of the preliminary inquiry.
During the investigation, other similar incidents were uncovered:
On November 21, 2021, in a gold-selling pavilion in Karakol, a fraudster of Asian appearance deceived a minor girl, taking two gold bracelets worth 40,000 soms from her.
On May 4, 2023, a local resident G.K., born in 1979, reported to the Karakol Police Department that he had been deceived out of a gold chain valued at 21,000 soms.
On January 12, 2026, a resident of the Ak-Suu district T.R., born in 1995, filed a complaint stating that on December 31, 2025, an unknown person deceitfully took meat worth 11,600 soms from him without payment.
Criminal proceedings were initiated regarding these incidents under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, which pertains to fraud.
As a result of operational investigative actions conducted by the criminal investigation department of the Karakol City Police Department, the identity of the suspect was established. He turned out to be A.M., born in 1993, a resident of Cholpon-Ata. He was detained on February 12, 2026, in Bishkek.
During the preliminary interrogation, the suspect confessed to his guilt in all four episodes, after which the court in Karakol chose a preventive measure in the form of arrest for one month.
The investigation is ongoing.
