(18 February 2026 | Source: press service of the Zhetysu region prosecutor's office)
The Zhetysu region prosecutor's office, through the Anti-Fraud Centre platform of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, secured the return of funds to a local resident. As part of the programme, the prosecutor's office freezes suspicious transactions and returns them to their legal owners, while continuing work on other identified cases.
HOW THE FUNDS WERE RECOVERED
The work was carried out by the Karatal district prosecutor's office as part of a pre-trial investigation under Part 3 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan ("Fraud").
After the incident was registered in the Anti-Fraud Centre system of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, specialists identified in real time the bank accounts into which the money had been deposited. Restrictions were promptly placed on these accounts, which made it possible to prevent further movement of the funds and return 600,000 tenge to the victim.
The materials do not specify how the funds were obtained or how long the return procedure took.
RESULTS OF WORK FOR 2025
According to the supervisory authority, in 2025, as part of the Anti-Fraud Centre programme, the regional prosecutor's office froze suspicious transactions amounting to over 11 million tenge.
To date, 5.3 million tenge have already been returned to their legal owners. Work on the remaining funds is ongoing.
WHY THE TIME FACTOR IS CRUCIAL
The prosecutor's office emphasises that the speed of reporting plays a key role in investigating such offences. The sooner information about transactions reaches law enforcement agencies, the higher the likelihood of timely account blocking.
No further details of the investigations are provided in the statement.