A teacher from one of the schools under the regional akimat's education department has been convicted in the Kostanay region. She was found guilty under paragraph 4, part 3, article 190 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan ("Fraud, i.e., the theft of another person's property through deception or abuse of trust of an information system user, committed repeatedly").
According to the press service of the court, from November 2024 to March 2025, the defendant worked as a teacher and simultaneously headed the school's trade union organisation, which gave her access to employees' personal data.
Using her position, she arranged online loans in the names of her colleagues from various microfinance organisations (MFOs). Under the pretext of providing financial assistance from the trade union and other fabricated reasons, the woman misled employees and organised their participation in online video verification for the MFOs.
School staff underwent the verification process, believing they were applying for trade union assistance. After the loans were approved, the funds were transferred to the defendant's bank account.
She passed on a small portion of the received money to employees under the guise of financial assistance, and used the remaining amount at her own discretion.
As a result of these actions, the MFOs suffered material damage totalling more than 3.6 million tenge. The defendant pleaded guilty and expressed remorse for her actions.
In the end, the court sentenced the teacher to 3 years and 6 months of restricted freedom, with probation supervision for the entire duration of the sentence. The convicted woman was also banned from holding the position of chairperson of trade union organisations for a period of 5 years.