Recent investigative reports suggest that Uzbekistan’s Octobank may act as a major channel for laundering Russian funds, including sanctioned assets and revenues from illicit online gambling.
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.
At the end of January, several outlets published an interview with Iskandar Tursunov, Chairman and main shareholder of Octobank.
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.
Uzbekistan has begun blocking information sources that cover Octobank, which reportedly acts as the “wallet” of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family.
Journalists and media organizations covering alleged links between the family of Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Russian “dirty money” laundromat Octobank have started to receive threats.
Как недавно проинформировали некоторые ТГ-каналы, узбекистанский Octobank применяется для вывода и легализации денежных средств из России.
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.
