Gasoline Worth 37 Billion Tenge: Kazakhstan Uncovers Fuel Export Scheme To Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan has completed an investigation into nine suspects accused of illegally exporting AI-92 gasoline to Kyrgyzstan, Orda.kz reports, citing the Financial Monitoring Agency.

According to the agency, the suspects registered 12 legal entities to carry out the scheme. Through them, they arranged purchases, documents, and the export of petroleum products.

Investigators believe Kara Mai Oil LLP and Petro Bazis LLP were used to legalize the origin of the gasoline. Formally, the companies were engaged in compounding — mixing AI-92 gasoline with solvents and distillates. In reality, the Financial Monitoring Agency said, no processing was carried out.

Their activities were limited to moving gasoline into railway tanks without technological processing,the agency reported.

After that, another stage of the scheme followed. The suspects allegedly drew up fictitious documents listing the gasoline as a mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons, solvents, or light hydrocarbon mixtures. Under this classification, the fuel was exported to Kyrgyzstan, including during a gasoline shortage on Kazakhstan’s domestic market.

During an operation at the Turksib station, authorities detained eight railway tanks carrying almost 500 tons of illegal gasoline on their way to Kyrgyzstan. The seized fuel, worth 138 million tenge, was confiscated as state revenue.

The criminal case has been sent to court, the Financial Monitoring Agency said.

Original author: Elvira Ivannikova

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