The Astana Prosecutor's Office has concluded its investigation into a criminal case involving fraud and incitement to bribe public officials.
According to the agency's press service, in 2018 the bribe-giver was sentenced to a fine of 672 million tenge. To avoid punishment, he submitted a forged document to the competent authority claiming full payment of the fine.
After the Prosecutor's Office established the fact of the crime, the convicted person's sentence was replaced from a fine to 10 years' imprisonment.
"By a court verdict with the participation of a jury, the guilty party was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment with confiscation of property and lifelong deprivation of the right to hold positions in public service for fraud on an especially large scale and incitement to give a bribe to a public official on an especially large scale", the statement said.
At the same time, during the investigation, law enforcement officers detained a person who assisted the convicted individual in evading payment of the multi-million tenge fine.
It will be recalled that in January, in the Zhetysu region, the head of one of the departments of the district akimat submitted forged documents to the court claiming he had a minor child. The district court, based on this certificate, released him from custody. It later transpired that the child mentioned in the certificate does not exist.
In March, it was reported that in the Kostanay region, 7 veterinary doctors are suspected of document forgery, entering false information into the animal registration information system, and receiving illegal rewards.