Police in the Kyzylorda region have detained a criminal group in the West Kazakhstan Region (WKR) that was involved in internet fraud across the country.
According to Polisia.kz, during a search, 16 mobile phones, several used SIM cards, a router, and cash totalling 3.5 million tenge were seized from the suspects.
It emerged that they were sending false information to residents of the Kyzylorda region: “we will improve your credit history and create a programme to obtain money”, while masking their IP address and the bank account from which they were deducting money.
The offenders are suspected of embezzling 45 million tenge. An investigating judge has chosen a pre-trial restraint measure for the suspects in the form of detention for a period of 2 months.
Currently, necessary investigative actions are being carried out as part of the criminal case.
Recall that in April, in the Zhetysu region, a woman used a family friend’s smartphone to take out loans and online credits totalling more than 1 million tenge. Each time the victim came to their home to visit, the offender, under the pretext of checking the smartphone, took out new loans in his name. The victim suspected nothing until bank employees contacted him, informing him of the need to repay the loans.
In October, it was reported that fraudsters had deceived a female resident of the city of Akkol. Using an image of her manager as their avatar, the offenders managed to convince the woman to take out a loan of 1 million tenge from one of the banks.
Recently, the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan proposed introducing a law under which credit organisations would be obliged to write off loans taken out in the names of citizens by fraudsters.