The specialised inter-district criminal court of Astana has sentenced a defendant accused of fraud and incitement to bribery.
According to the press service of the capital's courts, in December 2022 the defendant appropriated $40 thousand (18.7 million tenge) from the victim. The culprit convinced him that he had allegedly come to an arrangement with the leadership of the Anti-Corruption Agency, to whom the money needed to be handed over to close a criminal case against his brother. Later, the victim handed over a further 46.4 million tenge.
In a separate incident, the defendant stole 3.7 million tenge, which had been given to him to obtain a land plot.
Between March and June 2024, he appropriated 4.9 million tenge, given to him to register five Russian cars in Kazakhstan.
Furthermore, in March, the defendant fraudulently stole 4.4 million tenge from victims, which had been given to him to obtain driving licences.
The defendant admitted guilt for the fraud committed in only one episode.
The court found him guilty and sentenced him to 14.8 years' imprisonment with confiscation of property and a lifelong ban from holding certain positions. 9.2 million tenge was recovered in favour of the state.
Recall, earlier in Stepnogorsk, the head of a correctional facility got off with a fine for fraud. He misled a prisoner by claiming he could assist in his early release on parole for 6 million tenge.