 In December 2017, the U.S. Department of Treasury included Karimova in a new Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act list, effectively banning all United States entities from dealing with Karimova or any of her organisations or associates.Karimova graduated from the Youth Mathematic Academy in Tashkent in 1988.During 1987 she interned at the State Committee of Uzbekistan on Statistics.