The Financial Monitoring Agency (FMA) has launched a pre-trial investigation into the receipt of illegal remuneration during the construction of healthcare facilities in the Kostanay region.
According to the agency's press service, the head of the author supervision group, through extortion, received illegal remuneration in the amount of 9 million tenge from the company's chief engineer.
The money was intended for the unhindered signing of certificates of completed work and acceptance certificates for medical outpatient clinics being built under the National Project 'Modernisation of Rural Healthcare'.
It is reported that the suspect was caught red-handed while receiving the funds. The amount of the illegal remuneration was 1% of the total construction cost of the facilities.