The Specialised Inter-District Criminal Court of the Zhambyl Region has passed a sentence on three defendants accused of giving a bribe and acting as an intermediary in bribery.
According to the press service of the region's courts, two citizens were convicted under Article 367, Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan ("Giving a bribe to an official by a group of persons by prior conspiracy on an especially large scale"), and the third under Article 368, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan ("Mediation in bribery").
It became known that in March of last year, two residents of the region gave the head of the Taraz finance department a bribe in the amount of 90.2 million tenge. The money was intended for 2,000 boxes of cigarettes (approximately 1 million packs) subject to destruction by court order.
The intermediary in giving the bribe was the chief specialist of the Regional Department of State Revenues (DGR), who, in turn, handed the money over to the head of the department through a stooge.
The bribe recipient and the stooge realised the illegality of their actions and filed a statement with the Anti-Corruption Service of the Zhambyl Region.
"Thus, the crime of the convicted M. and T. was not carried through to completion due to circumstances beyond their control," the statement said.
As a result, the court found two residents of the region guilty and sentenced them to 9 and 10 years in prison. In passing the sentence, the advanced age and state of health of one of the convicted were taken into account. The chief specialist of the DGR received 3 years in prison.
At the same time, the convicted were banned from holding public office for life.