The commercial director of the LLP was convicted of fraud and incitement to bribery.
According to the press service of the Astana courts, in April 2021, a citizen identified as K., posing as an assistant to the Vice Minister of Finance, convinced M. to hand over 65 million tenge to him.
The money was allegedly intended to be passed on to officials of the Ministry of Finance to resolve an issue regarding increasing the amount of taxes paid for the LLP.
As a result, the company’s commercial director was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison, with a lifetime ban from holding positions in the civil service and quasi-public sector entities.
Meanwhile, the TV channel «Astana» reports that the convicted businessman is one Alexey Kurgansky.
It emerged that during the trial, the entrepreneur’s lawyers and relatives stated that Kurgansky was arrested on the basis of forged documents.
The lawyers claimed they had all the evidence proving his innocence, but it was not included in the case file.