In the Almaty Region, a court has passed a sentence in a case involving the illegal receipt of government subsidies and the issuing of fictitious electronic invoices. Two participants in the scheme were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of up to 6 years.
WHAT THE INVESTIGATION ESTABLISHED
The investigation was carried out by the department of the Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM) in the Almaty Region.
According to case materials, the head of SPC "BAGDAULET i PK" and SPC "AMANTAU-2023" illegally received government subsidies intended for agricultural support programmes over the course of two years.
The investigation established that fictitious information regarding the purchase of raw milk and the sale of butter and hard cheese was submitted to the Department of Agriculture. Based on these documents, subsidies totalling more than 251 million tenge were illegally paid out from the budget.
WHAT ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND
It was noted that the cooperatives did not possess the necessary production capacities, equipment, workers, or other resources to carry out their declared activities.
Furthermore, the investigation uncovered a scheme involving the issuance of fictitious electronic invoices through IE "ComputerService". According to the AFM, the company was used to document sham transactions and artificially reduce the tax burden of counterparties.
As a result, the amount of unpaid taxes to the budget exceeded 416 million tenge.
WHAT DECISION THE COURT MADE
The court sentenced two participants in the criminal scheme to imprisonment for a term of up to 6 years.
Additionally, a BMW car, which was established to have been purchased with criminal proceeds, was confiscated to the state.
The sentence has not yet entered into legal force.