😱 Uzbekistan 🇺🇿places Humans founder on Interpol’s international wanted list

😱 Uzbekistan 🇺🇿places Humans founder on Interpol’s international wanted list

Russian citizen🇷🇺 Vladimir Dobrynin, under investigation for organizing illegal gambling activities and money laundering, has been placed on an international wanted list via Interpol.

👕 Profile: Humans is an international ecosystem headquartered in Tashkent providing telecommunications, financial, and e-commerce services. Previously, the Central Bank had already suspended payment services of the group, citing money transfer operations linked to online casinos.

👕 Legal proceedings:

👉 In May 2025, Singapore-based Humans Mobile Ltd (the founder of Humans in Uzbekistan) filed a claim against the government of Uzbekistan before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of the World Bank. The company accused Uzbek state bodies (including the Central Bank and Uzbektelecom) of causing systematic harm to the business and violating the bilateral investment protection agreement between Uzbekistan and Singapore🇸🇬.

👉 At the same time, the company has also been involved in domestic litigation. On October 14, 2025, the Tashkent Interdistrict Economic Court declared LLC “Humans” bankrupt at the request of Octobank. The debt is estimated at approximately 430 billion sums (35,384,807 USD) and is related to servicing co-branded Visa cards, which was suspended in June 2025.

👉 There were also internal ownership disputes. Uzbek citizen Maksim Sidanov claimed that he invested 12 million USD in the project and, based on existing agreements, seeks 66% ownership in Humans.

👕 Related cases: in July 2025, Bekhzod Botirov, co-owner and supervisory board member of payment company PayWay, was detained. He had also served for 6.5 years as CEO of UPay, another payment company belonging to the Humans group. He was charged under points “a” and “b” of part 2 of article 278 of the Criminal Code: “illegal organization or conduct of gambling and other risk-based games”.

👕 Charges against Dobrynin: in addition to article 278, Dobrynin is also accused of legalizing proceeds from criminal activity (article 243). If convicted for acts committed as part of an organized group, the maximum sentence could reach 10 years of imprisonment under each article.

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