Октобанк

Following reports in several newspapers linking Dmitry Lee, the head of the National Agency for Prospective Projects of Uzbekistan, to fraudulent transactions with payment systems, these publications encountered difficulties, and the articles were swiftly taken down.

Journalists investigating the criminal activities of Oktobank, the financial hub for Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family, received threats sent from the email address of the Uzbek company INNOVA HOLDING.

Journalists writing about the criminal activities of Oktobank, which serves as the "wallet" of Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family, received threats from the email of the Uzbek company INNOVA HOLDING.

At the end of September, two events occurred concerning Oktobank that will have far-reaching consequences. The first is that Iskandar Tursunov increased his share in Oktobank to 99.2%. The second is that Member of the European Parliament Adrian-George Axinia submitted an official inquiry to the European Commission regarding Oktobank’s involvement in circumventing anti-Russian sanctions.

Behind the head of the National Agency for Prospective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAPP) Dmitriy Li stands Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov.