The Department of the Financial Monitoring Agency (AFM) of the Almaty region has completed an investigation into the theft of funds from Almatygazservice-Holding JSC, which supplies natural gas in the region.
According to the department's press service, employees of the company recorded meter readings and collected cash from consumers, after which they handed over the collected funds to financially responsible individuals.
In turn, the director, his deputy, senior operator and senior controller, instead of depositing the money into the cash register, embezzled it, concealing information about payments made in the SymphonyGAS accounting system.
As a result, over two years, a group of individuals stole 168 million tenge paid by consumers.
By court order, property belonging to the suspects worth 165 million tenge — a residential house, an apartment, and a car — was seized.
It is worth recalling that in June last year, Almatygaz LLP was fined 83 million tenge for abusing its dominant position. It was noted that the entity had failed to carry out annual maintenance of gas equipment and gas consumption systems.