28.03.2024
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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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Kazakhstan: another ally of Nazarbayev became a defendant in a criminal case

The former chairman of the lower house of the parliament of Kazakhstan, Nurlan Nigmatulin, along with his brother Yerlan, became defendants in a criminal case on a raider seizure of a business. This was announced by Maulen Alimbayev, lawyer of the Nur-Sultan Bar Association, representing the interests of the injured party, businessman Kuat Sultanbekov. Kuat

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Kazakhstan: national holding liquidated after criticism of the president

The national holding Zerde, which was supposed to be reformed, was decided to be liquidated. On August 5, the Government of Kazakhstan adopted a corresponding resolution. National holding “Zerde” was established in July 2008 in order to promote the development of the info-communication technologies market and the implementation of breakthrough projects, the formation of a

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Kazakhstan: policemen appropriated found money

An interesting case, which clearly demonstrates the level of “honesty and professionalism” of the Kazakh police, occurred in Aktobe. Last October, A. Bekkuzhin, a resident of Aktobe, accidentally lost his bag. The loss was discovered by citizen A. Kuanova. Without opening the find, she immediately handed it over to the nearest police station. She handed

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Kazakhstan: major general suspected of corruption hangs himself in a pre-trial detention center

The incident occurred in the Almaty pre-trial detention center SI-18. In the early morning, the guard found the arrested Major General of the Police Zhailaubek Khalykuly hanged in his cell. He faced up to 15 years in prison. Recall, as ACCA has already reported, 58-year-old Khalykuly in 2009-2016 served as head of the departments of

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