In the Akmola region, a sentence was handed down to an accounting specialist from the Stepnogorsk Housing and Communal Services Department and her accomplice.
According to the regional courts' press service, using the department head's digital signature, the specialist transferred budget funds for work not carried out to the company account belonging to her acquaintance, A.
Furthermore, the accused also transferred money from the budget to the sole trader account of her husband. The total amount of illegally transferred funds exceeded 43 million tenge.
"A. assisted S. in cashing out the money by providing the bank account of her limited liability partnership. Thus, S., using her official position, in a group of persons by conspiracy with A., through fraud, committed theft of budget funds, repeatedly, causing material damage to the state on an especially large scale (Article 190, Part 4, Clause 2 of the Criminal Code)", the statement says.
The court sentenced the department specialist to 6 years' imprisonment. Her acquaintance A. was found guilty of aiding and abetting and was sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment.
Additionally, they were banned from holding positions in the civil service for life. The court also upheld the civil lawsuit from the Housing and Communal Services Department for the recovery of material damages from both convicts.