In the Kyzylorda region, a verdict was passed in the case of organising a structural subdivision of the financial pyramid "Qnet".
According to the press service of the Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM), the suspects persuaded citizens to invest money in a multi-level marketing network and e-commerce. Among other things, victims were convinced to purchase fictitious "QVI tripsaver" travel cards and jewellery.
As a result, 51 people were drawn into the financial pyramid, investing over 63 million tenge. The amount of deposits ranged from 840,000 to 4 million tenge, with a mandatory condition being the recruitment of other participants.
Ultimately, the court found the organisers of the financial pyramid guilty and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from 6 to 7 years.
The convicted individuals also had property worth 301 million tenge confiscated: seven apartments in Astana and a Toyota Camry car.
Recall that in May 2023, it was reported that the "Qnet" financial pyramid had, from 2018 to 2020, attracted 231 Kazakhstanis and caused total material damage of more than 220 million tenge.
In January 2024, the organiser of a branch of the "Qnet" financial pyramid in the Aktobe region received 5 years in prison. He was accused of creating and leading a structural subdivision of a company whose activities were disguised as network marketing.
In November, a verdict was passed in Petropavlovsk regarding the creation and management of a structural subdivision of the "Qnet" financial pyramid. At that time, the defendants included a former head of the police department of the M. Zhumabayev district, Ministry of Internal Affairs pensioners, local residents, and an entrepreneur. It became known that 110 depositors of the financial pyramid lost more than 100 million tenge.
In March of this year, the convicted female leader of the "Qnet" financial pyramid, Sheherazade Isina, was ordered to pay 70 million tenge to citizens harmed by her actions. In July last year, the Kostanay city court sentenced her to six years in prison. At the time, prosecutors proved that Isina's company had attracted savings from 94 citizens totalling more than 86 million tenge.