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Which police officials were convicted of corruption this month

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In Antikor, they spoke about which heads of internal affairs bodies were convicted of systemic corruption this month. 

According to the press service of the department, the court of Ust-Kamenogorsk announced a verdict against the head of the administrative police department of the city administration A.A. Ternopolsky and other persons on charges of bribery. 

It is reported that the manager systematically received bribes ranging from 20 to 50 thousand tenge for the illegal release of cars from impound lots. The court imposed a fine on him and stripped him of the rank of 'police lieutenant colonel'.

"At the same time, under this verdict, the platoon commander of the patrol police battalion of the Ust-Kamenogorsk City Police Department, R.A. Baitanbaliev, and the inspector of the Administrative Police Department of the East Kazakhstan Region Police Department, M.B. Erenbakov, were convicted of mediation in bribery, as well as the head of the guard of fire station No. 5, D.T. Biekenov, for aiding and abetting. The total amount of fines amounted to more than 22 million tenge", the statement says.

In another case, the inter-district criminal court of Astana sentenced the head of the inquiry department of the Yesil district police department of the capital, Y. Zhumanov, to 5 years of probation

He was found guilty of knowingly illegally releasing a person accused of committing a serious crime from criminal liability and of falsifying evidence. 

In addition, in the Aktobe region, a district court sentenced the deputy head of the police department of the Martuk district of the regional police department, A.M. Yergaliyev, to 5 years and 6 months of imprisonment

He was found guilty of exceeding his official powers - he illegally transferred physical evidence (more than 612 thousand packs of cigarettes) into private ownership. The damage exceeded 243 million tenge. 

At the same time, the Aktau city court sentenced the deputy head of the migration service department of the regional police department, Sh. Kalmurzaev, to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment. He received a bribe of 3 million tenge from a foreigner for general patronage within the country. 

All convicted individuals were stripped of their ranks and the right to hold positions in the civil service.