A criminal case against Akmalkhon Ortikov, former director of Uzbekistan's Agency for Management of State Assets, has been referred to court.
This is according to the docket of criminal cases scheduled for hearing by the Mirabad District Criminal Court, Gazeta has learned. The hearing has been set for July 20.
Akmalkhon Ortikov is charged on several counts:
- clauses (a), (c), and (d) of Part 3, Article 167 of the Criminal Code (Embezzlement or misappropriation committed on an especially large scale; by an organized group or in its interests; using computer technology);
- clauses (a) and (b) of Part 2, Article 206 (Abuse of power or official authority causing especially large damage, in the interests of an organized group);
- Part 1, and clauses (a) and (b) of Part 2, Article 209 (Forgery in office, including repeat offenses or by a dangerous recidivist; in the interests of an organized group).
He faces up to 10 years in prison.
All five are also charged with embezzlement or misappropriation and forgery in office. Jabbarov, Khalitkariyev, and Juraev face an additional charge under Article 192-11 — abuse of authority by officials of a non-state commercial or other non-state organization.
Akmalkhon Ortikov was removed from his post as head of the State Assets Agency in January 2026. At the time, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced the discovery of "embezzlement worth billions of soums." Specifically, the president noted that agency officials had put a plot of land with a market value of at least 250 billion soums up for a closed auction and sold it for just 120 billion soums.
The former agency head was later taken into custody.
The president instructed Bakhodir Kurbanov, chairman of the State Security Service, to examine the accountability of officials who had overseen the activities of Uzbekneftegaz and the Agency for Management of State Assets.
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