A resident of Kostanay used malicious software to harvest personal data, which he then sold for cryptocurrency on DarkNet and Telegram.
According to Polisia.kz, the cost of information started from 5,000 tenge per file. In total, the man earned more than 1.5 million tenge.
"Furthermore, the defendant was involved in so-called 'carding' – the theft of bank card details and their resale, and also, for money, taught others how to create and distribute computer viruses", the report states.
It is reported that the accused was arrested and convicted.
In another case, during an international special operation in the Ukrainian cities of Odesa and Zaporizhzhia, five fraudulent call centres were shut down, from which calls were made to Kazakhstan. Police detained more than 30 participants.
The police also uncovered similar fraudulent operations in Kazakhstan.
"During operational activities in September in the city of Almaty, the Criminal Police liquidated four call centres and detained 47 foreign nationals. They were involved in fraud against citizens of foreign countries", the report states.
Authorities seized 1,500 mobile phones, over a thousand SIM cards, and more than fifty pieces of computer equipment from them. Law enforcement officers are currently conducting investigative activities.
For context, the FBRK editorial team recently discovered that a school in the East Kazakhstan Region entered into a public procurement contract for medical examinations of staff, thereby publishing the personal data of teachers and employees in the technical specification.
The Department of Internal State Audit for the East Kazakhstan Region, which we approached to find out what conclusion the agency would reach on this matter, found no violations in the public procurement.