Teenager detained in Uzbekistan for cryptocurrency exchange on Telegram
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan detained a 17-year-old resident of Bukhara who provided cryptocurrency exchange services on Telegram.
According to the investigation, over the course of seven months, the teenager carried out over 4,000 transactions on the Binance exchange for a total of 34 billion soums ($2.6 million). He charged clients a commission for acting as an intermediary.
Law enforcement officers established that most of the transferred funds came from pension, salary and credit cards. In this regard, the version is being checked that the defendant laundered money obtained fraudulently.