DUSHANBE, May 14, 2013, Asia-Plus – The Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption has released a statement regarding charges that have been officially brought against the management of Toj Sokhtmon Bainalmillal, which constructed Dushanbe’s tallest tower, the 20-storey Dushanbe Plaza.

The statement that was released on May 14, in particular, notes that according to the findings of the inspection conducted by offices from the anticorruption agency, Toj Sokhtmon Bainalmillal forged documents and embezzled 1.96 million somoni while constructing Dushanbe Plaza.

In this connection, the anticorruption agency on May 10 instituted criminal proceedings against top managers of the company under the provisions of two articles of Tajikistan’s Penal Code: Article 245 (2, 4) – large-scale embezzlement and repeat embezzlement; and Article 340 – document forgery.

We will recall that an official source at the anticorruption agency told Asia-Plus on May 13 that criminal proceedings have been instituted not against Zayd Saidov but over economic crimes revealed during inspection conducted at Toj Sokhtmon Bainalmillal.  According to him, inspection conducted by officers from the anticorruption agency at the company has revealed a large-scale embezzlement of funds, document forgery and tax evasion.

“The management of the company must be responsible for these crimes but not its founder,” said the source.  “By the way, the founder of Toj Sokhtmon Bainalmillal is not Zayd Saidov but his son Khairullo Saidov.”