In Shymkent, the former head of the apparatus of the akim of the Al-Farabi district was convicted of embezzlement.
According to the press service of the Supreme Court, in 2019, M., acting as the head of the apparatus of the akim of the Al-Farabi district of Shymkent, used his official position and, together with the director of LLP B. and the founder K. of the same company, embezzled budget funds amounting to 700 million tenge.
"Carrying out their plan by drawing up estimate documentation with inflated costs for materials for the improvement of residential courtyards (rubbish bins, mini-gazebos, rocking chairs, play and gym complexes), they embezzled entrusted property to the sum of approximately 700 million tenge", the statement says.
In turn, the director, together with the founder of the LLP, submitted distorted data in the tax declaration to avoid mandatory payments. As a result, the damage to the state exceeded 194 million tenge.
"Furthermore, B., in order to conceal debt to the tax authorities, forged a company letterhead of the bank to prepare a bank guarantee for the amount of over 130 million tenge", the court reported.
In the end, the court sentenced each defendant to 8 years in prison. The official from the akimat was stripped of the right to hold positions in the civil service.
It will be recalled that earlier the inter-district criminal court of Shymkent passed a sentence on the former head of the department for digitalisation, provision of public services and archives of the Turkestan region, Mackenzie Myrzaseitov, the former head of the apparatus of the akim of the Otyrar district, Aidos Maulen, the former director of the information centre of the akimat of the Tolebi district, Almas Zholseitov, and the businessman Erkin Isakov.
The officials were accused of bribe-taking, the businessman of repeatedly offering bribes. Furthermore, Almas Zholseitov was charged with fraud using official position and complicity in bribery.