The Uzbek financier who claimed he was kidnapped in Paris last year is now wanted for organizing a kidnapping
Uzbek financier Kakhramonjon Olimov, who in the summer of 2025 claimed that he had been kidnapped and tortured in France, is now himself being formally accused of organizing a kidnapping. The Insider has learned that a court in Uzbekistan ordered Olimov detained in absentia and that he has been placed on an international wanted list, according to a source close to Olimov’s associates. No official…
Uzbek financier Kakhramonjon Olimov, who once claimed to have been kidnapped and tortured in Paris, has now been labeled a suspect in a kidnapping. Uzbek authorities have ordered his arrest in absentia and added him to a list of wanted individuals, according to an undisclosed source. French media outlets have uncovered several inconsistencies in Olimov's kidnapping story, suggesting that it may have been staged.
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