In Shymkent, the former head of the financial support department of the police department has been convicted. Four people were involved in the case, including employees of the department and a businessman linked to a contracting organisation.
According to the press service of the city's courts, the former department head entered into a criminal conspiracy with the director of a local LLP. As reported in court, the official promised to make the company the winner of a public procurement tender, valuing this "service" at 74 million tenge.
The entrepreneur accepted the offer and, after becoming the winner of the tender and receiving the funds under the contract, handed the agreed amount to the head of the department.
In turn, the chief specialist of the department illegally drew up a single-source public procurement contract with the LLP for goods worth 370 million tenge.
The case materials also state that the head of one of the department's divisions improperly performed his duties by accepting goods that did not meet the technical specifications.
As a result, the Shymkent court sentenced the head of the financial support department of the police department to 6 years and 8 months' imprisonment, the department's chief specialist to 2 years' imprisonment, the LLP director to 5 years' restriction of liberty, and the department's division head to 2 years' restriction of liberty.