In Almaty, operatives from the Organised Crime Department have exposed a criminal group that was kidnapping and fraudulently taking out loans in the names of homeless people.
According to polisia.kz, investigators have so far identified 29 individuals who were being held in a specially rented cottage. They were caused damage amounting to more than 200 million tenge.
It is reported that two criminal cases have been opened against the suspects for the creation, leadership of, and participation in an organised criminal group. All seven members of the criminal group have been detained and arrested.
"Physical evidence has been seized, and investigative measures are underway. No further information is disclosed in the interests of the investigation," said official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Shyngys Aleshekeshev.
Earlier, it was reported that in the Akmola Region, a tax authority employee, under the pretext of filing tax returns, would summon local residents to his office and then, after obtaining their personal and biometric data, take out microloans in their names.