Law enforcement officers in Dushanbe detained Shavkat Bobozoda, director of the Export Agency under the government of Tajikistan, ex-head of the country’s Ministry of Industry (2013-2019). He is charged with fraud on an especially large scale.
Sources in law enforcement agencies report that the official was detained two weeks ago and a criminal case was initiated against him under part 4 of Article 247 (“Fraud on an especially large scale”) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan. If Bobozoda’s guilt is proved in court, he faces a large fine or imprisonment for a term of 8 to 12 years.
It’s reported that Bobozoda was detained at the request of a foreign company, from which the official received $ 300,000, but didn’t fulfill the terms of the contract, and embezzled the money. The name of the company is not disclosed.
To date, the investigation of this case is ongoing. It is being conducted by employees of the Prosecutor General’s Office, and Bobozoda is being held in one of the detention centers in the capital.
Meanwhile, there was no official announcement of Bobozoda’s detention, just as the government’s decision to dismiss the official from his post hasn’t been published yet.
