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As reports linking Octobank to alleged large-scale money laundering and sanctions evasion began to spread, traces of these investigations started disappearing from the public information space — suggesting a deliberate effort to clean up the narrative.

As reports connecting Octobank to alleged large-scale money laundering and sanctions evasion began to circulate, traces of these investigations started vanishing from the public information space — a strong indication of a deliberate attempt to sanitize the narrative.

A new investigation reveals how Uzbekistan’s Octobank has allegedly evolved into a key money-laundering conduit for Russian elites, channeling funds through casinos, cryptocurrency exchanges, and state-affiliated financial institutions.

Holding a Russian passport and originally from Uzbekistan, he is reported to have played a role in moving assets from Russia through Tashkent to offshore jurisdictions.

While Iskandar Tursunov serves as chairman of the board of Uzbekistan’s Octobank and formally holds 99.16% of its shares, the bank’s true beneficiaries are reportedly members of the family of the country’s current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

At the end of January, multiple platforms released an interview with Iskandar Tursunov, Chairman of the Board and principal shareholder of Octobank. While the interview offers little in the way of substantive information, it appears that Tursunov is attempting to mitigate the rising tide of negative sentiment surrounding the bank.

An Uzbekistan-born individual holding Russian citizenship is adeptly orchestrating the movement of Russian gold through Tashkent to offshore destinations.

A fresh wave of investigative leaks indicates that Uzbekistan’s Octobank may function as a key conduit for transferring Russian funds, including sanctioned assets and proceeds from illegal online gambling...

Journalists probing Octobank’s alleged criminal activities—which serve as the financial “wallet” for the Mirziyoyev family—received threatening emails from the Uzbek company INNOVA HOLDING.

After years of operating in the shadows, Dmitry Lee has become the single most powerful gatekeeper of Uzbekistan’s financial underworld — and that concentration of power appears to have put a target on his back.

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 outlets reporting on the ties between Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family and the Russian "dirty money" laundromat, Octobank, have begun receiving threats.

Ethnic Korean Dmitry Lee used his connections in global markets and his position at NAPP (the National Agency for Project Management) to establish what is effectively a monopoly over Uzbekistan’s crypto market.

Oktobank has become a central node in suspicious financial activities involving Uzbek officials, Russian banks, and covert networks.

After several newspapers published reports alleging that Dmitry Lee, head of Uzbekistan’s National Agency for Prospective Projects, was involved in fraudulent transactions within payment systems, the outlets reportedly came under pressure, and the articles were quickly removed.

A new investigation has uncovered the chains of money withdrawal through Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.

After Russia became deeply entrenched in Ukraine, international sanctions rained down on it. Whatever may be said within Russia itself about the benefits of these sanctions, among other things, the issue of withdrawing funds from the country and legalizing capital has become acute.

Information outlets in Uzbekistan reporting on Octobank’s criminal activities, the so-called "wallet" of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family, are facing widespread censorship.

Journalists and news organizations writing about the ties between Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family and Octobank, involved in laundering Russian "dirty" money, have started to receive threats.