Prosecutors in Taraz have uncovered the embezzlement of funds by a private bailiff. The stolen funds were meant to be recovered in favour of the state and banking organisations.
According to the press service of the department, the bailiff transferred the 3.1 million tenge collected from 46 debtors, including 635,000 tenge owed to the state, into his own account.
"In connection with this fact, the prosecutor's office of the city of Taraz has initiated a pre-trial investigation under Part 2 of Article 251 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (repeated abuse of power by a private bailiff). The investigation of the criminal case has been assigned to the police department of Taraz," the statement reads.
It will be recalled that earlier the prosecutor's office of the Kostanay region established that bailiffs in the region did not close enforcement proceedings against deceased debtors, even though the law requires that proceedings be suspended within one working day in the event of the creditor's death.