28.09.2022
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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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Uzbekistan: activists demand not to return stolen assets to Gulnara Karimova

The activists called on the US agency to use all its powers to prevent the Swiss Federal Office of Justice from returning the stolen assets to Gulnara Karimova. They believe the daughter of former Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov illegally obtained them through a multi-million dollar bribe scheme with international telecommunications companies. Karimova was given over […]

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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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Kyrgyzstan: Head of Kumtor mine removed from office due to financial fraud

The Accounts Chamber of Kyrgyzstan revealed financial irregularities at the country’s main gold mine. In this connection, its head, Tengiz Bolturuk, and the financial director were suspended from work. In connection with the transfer of the Kumtor gold mine under the control of Kyrgyzstan, in May this year, the Accounts Chamber of Kyrgyzstan conducted an […]

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Kyrgyzstan: detention facility management received $350,000 to release a prisoner due to illness

Officials of detention center 5 in the city of Osh are suspected of extorting $350,000. Despite all the available evidence, they continue to hold their positions. The lawyer of the victim Zhyrgalbek Babaev told about this at a press conference in the press center “24”. According to the lawyer, the fact of extortion is proved […]

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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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Uzbekistan: corrupt investigator of the prosecutor’s office sentenced to 13 sears

The high-profile case of taking a $50,000 bribe by an investigator from the Uchtepa Prosecutor’s Office ended with a court verdict of 13 years in prison. The defendant was found guilty by the Yashnabad District Criminal Court under paragraph “a” of part 3 of Article 210 (taking a bribe) of the Criminal Code. He is […]

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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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