According to the police, the incident occurred on December 22, 2025, when a citizen with the initials Ch.G. approached the Sverdlovsk district police department.
She reported that unknown individuals, posing as employees of the State Committee for National Security, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the National Bank, persuaded her to transfer money through an ATM to a bank card. As a result, the damage amounted to 22 million 130 thousand soms.
Based on this fact, the investigative authorities have initiated a criminal case under the article "Fraud" of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.
During operational-search activities, officers of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Bishkek were able to identify and detain the suspects — T. Zh., born in 2002, and K. E., born in 2006. They were taken to the Investigative Service and placed in a temporary detention facility.
Currently, the investigation is ongoing, during which the possible involvement of other individuals is being established, and the circumstances of the committed crime are being clarified.
The Main Department of Internal Affairs of Bishkek reminds that employees of government agencies never require citizens to transfer money to bank cards or provide personal information over the phone.
Residents of the city are urged to be vigilant and to report any such cases to the internal affairs authorities or call 102.
