According to police data, on October 30, 2025, a citizen of China named Zh. I., born in 1991, approached the department.
He reported that on the same day at around 14:00, an unknown person using a Chinese application offered him to exchange yuan for soms. The scammer, communicating in Chinese, convinced the victim to transfer 8,000,000 soms to accounts registered in the names of A.T. and K.E., after which he disappeared with the money. Zh. I. requested law enforcement to take action against these individuals.
The information about the incident was registered on November 21 by the investigative department of the Manas city police in the Unified Register of Crimes under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, concerning fraud. Thus, a criminal case was initiated.
During the investigation, it was revealed that a bank employee, A.T., was selling bank cards registered to other people to his acquaintances for 3,000 soms each. K.E. purchased one of these cards from a citizen named K.Sh. for 1,500 soms and then resold it to an acquaintance for 3,000 soms.
As a result of operational actions conducted by the regional police within the framework of the criminal case, seven suspects were detained. The Manas city court decided to place them in custody for a period of two months.
Further investigative actions are ongoing.
