Tashkent, June 11 -- Employees of a car rental company in Tashkent have deceived their customers and got $474,000 worth of funds, the press service of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the Prosecutor General's Office has reported.

The scam was as follows: after paying customers a certain amount for renting a car, employees of the organization reported that the money did not arrive on time, and took the car back. After that, these cars were sold by scammers. It is noted that even the owner of the organization did not know about the actions of his unscrupulous employees, and at that time they managed to deceive 39 customers, and sell cars worth $474,000.

A criminal case has been initiated on this fact under Article 168 (F...