The Department of the Financial Monitoring Agency (AFM) in Shymkent detained a group of individuals attempting to sell counterfeit banknotes totalling $84,200.
According to the agency's press service, with the court's authorisation, a pre-trial restraint measure of "detention in custody" was applied to the suspects for a period of 2 months.
The AFM noted that previously, the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan had stopped the activities of a transnational organised criminal group that was selling counterfeit banknotes in denominations of $100 on the territories of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
"At the same time, the SCNS of the Kyrgyz Republic detained a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan on suspicion of selling counterfeit dollars, who in turn is linked to the circumstances of the criminal case being investigated by the Department of Economic Investigations for the city of Shymkent", reports the AFM.
It has been reported that operational activities to identify individuals involved in this group are ongoing.
Recall that previously, the AFM in the Mangystau Region detained a citizen who was engaged in selling counterfeit banknotes in denominations of $50. Following a test purchase, counterfeit money totalling $3,850 was seized from the man.
It was also reported that in Almaty, a group of individuals was detained who, under the pretext of purchasing cryptocurrency, attempted to sell counterfeit $100 banknotes totalling $20,300.