In the inter-district criminal court of Shymkent, a criminal case was heard against the director of a limited liability partnership (LLP), who was accused of attempting to bribe an official.
According to the press service of the city courts, it all began when the Department of Economic Investigations (DEI) initiated a criminal case against the defendant for illegal actions in carrying out entrepreneurial activities in the production, storage, and sale of alcohol products.
In May 2024, in order to bribe an official, she met with the head of the DEI department and handed him $20,000 and 1 million tenge for general patronage and to avoid criminal liability.
The accused was arrested while handing over the money. It is noted that "thus the crime was not completed due to circumstances beyond her control."
The court found the director of the LLP guilty and sentenced her to a fine of 195,641,856 tenge, with a lifetime ban from holding positions in the civil service and state organisations.
Let us recall that previously in Shymkent, the rector of the M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University, Kairat Nurmanbetov, was detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe of around 28 million tenge. His two deputies were also taken into custody. The case is related to public procurement.