Aqmola: Prosecutor’s Office Refutes Banks’ Claims of Unawareness in Credit Fraud Case

The Aqmola Region Prosecutor’s Office denied statements by banks that they were unaware of the investigation, Orda.kz reports.

On September 2, the supervisory authority reported on an organized criminal group that, for more than five years, kidnapped socially vulnerable citizens and took out multimillion-tenge loans in their names.

Among the suspects are employees of Kaspi, Forte, Eurasian Bank, and Jusan Bank — 25 people in total from different regions. The damage was estimated at 3.7 billion tenge, with 348 victims.

Later, the banks said they had not received official notifications from the Aqmola Prosecutor’s Office about their employees’ possible involvement and insisted their staff were not under investigation. They also urged law enforcement to exercise greater caution in public statements that could damage reputations.

In response, the prosecutor’s office stated that its publication was based on investigative materials and that a submission on the involvement of bank employees in the organized crime group had been sent to the central office of the FMA.

At the same time, the banks themselves were recognized as victims in the case and have representatives with access to the case materials.

Original Author: Raushan Korzhumbekova