21.09.2022
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Kazakhstan: Policeman was sent to prison for 7 years for sneakers, Christmas trees and compost

In Chimkent, the trial of the former head of the Local Police Service (LPS) of the city, Mukhtar Bukharbaev, who is accused of abuse of power, has ended. As ACCA has already reported, Mukhtar Bukharbaev was detained in April this year on suspicion of fraud using his official position. Moreover, a criminal case against a […]

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Kazakhstan: The vice-mayor said that she was being judged because of her love for Nursultan Nazarbayev

The former vice-mayor of Atyrau region, Bakytgul Khamenova, who was accused of taking a large bribe, said that she didn’t agree with the accusations. The trial in her case is now taking place in Atyrau. She believes that she became a victim of persecution because of her love for the first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan […]

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Kazakhstan: Two police chiefs were detained for taking a bribe

The Anti-Corruption Service of Kazakhstan detained two police chiefs in Kostanay region on suspicion of taking a bribe. As noted in the message of the Department, the head of the Police department of Denisovsky district Yerbol Shoshakov, the head of the local police service and another policeman demanded $6.2 thousand from local businessman Vladimir Shuller […]

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Kazakhstan: regional mayor terminated over corruption scandal

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev accepted the resignation of the mayor of the Turkestan region Umirzak Shukeyev, whose direct subordinate was convicted of taking a bribe. We are talking about the former mayor of the city of Kentau Dauren Makazhanov. Recall, as ACCA has already reported, Makazhanov was detained in February of this year on […]

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Kazakhstan: an official of the penitentiary system was detained for taking a bribe

Employees of the Anti-Corruption Agency detained Berik Aigeldin, the head of the Severo-Kazakhstan regional branch of the Enbek state enterprise, red-handed while receiving a bribe. According to the press service of the Agency, Aigeldin received a bribe from an individual entrepreneur for the unimpeded signing of acts of acceptance and transfer of food products for […]

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Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev’s nephew was found to have illegal assets abroad

The Anti-Corruption Service of Kazakhstan continues to work to return to the country the money stolen by the relatives of the first President Nursultan Nazarbayev, including his nephew, businessman Kairat Satybaldy. According to the department, a pre-trial investigation against Kairat Satybaldy and other persons on the facts of embezzlement of funds of the national telecom […]

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Kazakhstan: former sports official suspected of stealing $775,000

The Kazakhstan Anti-Corruption Agency reported another high-profile corruption crime, the defendants of which are former officials of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the city of Almaty. “The Anti-Corruption Service in Almaty found that the ex-head of the Sports Department of Almaty and his subordinates, by prior agreement with the director of a […]

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Kazakhstan: judge detained while taking $40,000 bribe

The National Security Committee, together with employees of the internal security of the Supreme Court, was convicted of bribery by the chairman of the Judicial Collegium for Administrative Cases of the Kostanay Regional Court, Askar Darbaev. As it turned out, Judge Darbaev demanded about $40,000 from one of the parties in the process for a […]

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Kazakhstan: official fined $100,000 for $7,000 bribe

The chief auditor of the Zhambyl region, the chairman of the audit commission, Zhanatbek Dzhaparov, was sentenced to pay a fine of $100,000. Dzhaparov was arrested in May of this year on suspicion of accepting a $7,000 bribe from a local businessman for a positive audit decision. The investigation of the case was carried out […]

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