19.08.2022
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Kyrgyzstan: tax officer detained on suspicion of corruption

In Kyrgyzstan, the chief inspector of the Department of the State Tax Service for Control over Large Taxpayers in the city of Bishkek and Chui Oblast was detained. The State Committee for National Security informs about it.

According to the materials of the Anti-Corruption Service, the Main Investigation Department of the State Committee for National Security continues pre-trial proceedings in several criminal cases related to the withdrawal of large sums of money by the former management of the state enterprise Kyrgyz Railways.

“The investigation has suppressed the activities of a stable group of responsible employees of the state-owned enterprise Kyrgyz Railways, representatives of private supplier companies, as well as employees of regulatory and inspection bodies. Their criminal activity was aimed at withdrawing large sums of money from the state-owned enterprise under the guise of supplying goods, performing work, and providing various services at inflated prices, ”was said in the State Committee for National Security.

It is noted that based on the obtained irrefutable evidence, on August 14, the chief inspector of the large taxpayers’ control department of the State Tax Service was detained.

“As a representative of the government, he patronized and was associated with individual companies that took part in the tenders of the state-owned enterprise. According to our information, he played a key role in the corruption scheme, ”was added in the State Committee.

We add that the detainee was placed in the temporary detention center of the State Committee for National Security. He is suspected of committing a crime based on Article 319, Part 1 “Corruption” of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.

“On August 15, the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Bishkek applied a preventive measure to him in the form of detention,” the state agency said.

 

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