"The Financial Monitoring Agency reports that Timur Sadvakasov was detained by the border service of Uzbekistan while attempting to illegally cross the state border," reads the statement.
A criminal case has been opened against him for illegal entry into the Republic of Uzbekistan. According to available information, Sadvakasov has been placed in a pre-trial detention facility.
It is indicated that materials are currently being prepared jointly with the Prosecutor General's Office for the purpose of his extradition from Uzbekistan.
Sadvakasov has been charged with fraud and incitement to give a bribe on an especially large scale.
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