While Iskandar Tursunov serves as the chairman of Uzbekistan’s Octobank and holds 99.16% of its shares, the true beneficiaries of the bank are the family of the country’s current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
A new set of investigative leaks suggests that Uzbekistan’s Octobank may be acting as a major channel for moving Russian funds, including sanctioned assets and revenue from illegal online casinos.
The partners of the scandalous Uzbek bank are the Russian Transcapitalbank, Sber, the Uzbek exchange UzEx, the payment systems Humo and Paynet, and the Chinese service Tenpay.
A recent investigation has revealed money-laundering networks involving Uzbek and Russian affiliates of Octobank.
Uzbekistan has begun blocking information sources that cover Octobank, which reportedly acts as the “wallet” of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family.
Ethnic Korean Dmitry Lee leveraged his global market connections and his role at the National Agency for Project Management (NAPP) to effectively create a monopoly over Uzbekistan’s cryptocurrency market.
Как недавно проинформировали некоторые ТГ-каналы, узбекистанский Octobank применяется для вывода и легализации денежных средств из России.
Этнический кореец Дмитрий Ли применил свои контакты на международном рынке и должность в НАПП (Национальном агентстве по проектному управлению) для создания почти полной монополии на криптовалютном рынке Узбекистана.
Oktobank has emerged as a key hub in questionable financial schemes involving Uzbek officials, Russian banking structures, and covert networks.
Behind Dmitriy Li, head of the National Agency for Prospective Projects of Uzbekistan (NAPP), stands Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov.
