The chief accountant of the branch of ҚАЖсервис LLP, a subsidiary of KazAvtoZhol JSC, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for the embezzlement of KZT 34.8 million. The court established that the woman had unlawfully transferred company funds to her own bank account.
HOW THE EMBEZZLEMENT WAS DETECTED
According to the Main Transport Prosecutor's Office, the violations were uncovered by staff of the Atyrau Transport Prosecutor's Office together with the regional Department of Economic Investigations during a prosecutorial inspection.
It was established that the chief accountant of the branch of ҚАЖсервис LLP had unlawfully calculated payments and transferred the organisation's funds to her personal bank account. The total sum amounted to KZT 34.8 million.
A pre-trial investigation was conducted into the identified facts.
WHAT PUNISHMENT THE COURT IMPOSED
Atyrau City Court No. 2 found the woman guilty under Article 189, Part 4, Point 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan ("Misappropriation or embezzlement of entrusted property").
She was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. In addition, the court deprived her for five years of the right to engage in activities involving financial liability.
WHAT WAS DECIDED ON COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES
The court fully upheld the civil claim of ҚАЖсервис LLP for the recovery of material damages caused in the amount of KZT 34.8 million.
The verdict has not yet entered into legal force.
WHAT FBRK PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
The FBRK editorial team has repeatedly covered the activities of ҚАЖсервис LLP. Back in 2024, it was reported that an investigation was under way into the management of the company's East Kazakhstan branch. At that time, an internal audit revealed signs of embezzlement of budget funds, and on 30 September 2024 a criminal case was opened.
In February 2026, FBRK also examined the company's procurement of road markings. The editorial team found identical technical requirements for two-component paint in tenders across seven regions totalling more than KZT 1.37 billion. This raised questions about the justification of the requirements and possible restriction of competition.
Later we reported on the verdict handed to the former director of the East Kazakhstan branch, Yerkin Daumov. The court established that the manager had approved documents for the payment of salaries to employees who had not actually worked. The appellate instance sentenced him to 3 years and 6 months of restriction of liberty and imposed a lifetime ban on holding positions in the civil service and the quasi-public sector. The amount of damages to be compensated was KZT 6.7 million.
