An investigation into a criminal case of tax evasion through the use of fake invoices has been completed in Almaty. The damage to the state amounted to 686 million tenge.
According to the press service of the city prosecutor's office, a group of individuals organised a scheme to issue fake invoices without the supply of goods, works or services.
To conceal their illegal activities, they carried out a fictitious merger of companies, after which the partnership on whose behalf the documents were drawn up was formally liquidated.
The city prosecutor's office filed a protest, as a result of which the unlawful merger was overturned. The fact of the fictitious issuance of invoices was recorded in the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations (URPTI).
The court found six members of the group guilty under Article 216 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan ("Fictitious issuance of invoices") and Article 262 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan ("Creation and leadership of an organised criminal group") and sentenced them to imprisonment for terms ranging from 6 to 8 years.
Recall that earlier, in the court of Atyrau, a sentence was handed down to a group of individuals involved in a scheme to cash out money and evade taxes through fake invoices. The damage to the state amounted to more than 590 million tenge.