Over 100M Tenge in Budget Money Allegedly Spent on Gambling in West Kazakhstan

In the West Kazakhstan Region, an accountant at a state-owned enterprise stole 118 million tenge and gambled the money through an online betting platform, Orda.kz reports.

The employee transferred money directly from the organization’s account to a betting account. In addition to gambling, he also managed to buy a car. The agency clarified that the suspect suffered from a gambling addiction.

«The total damage to the state is estimated at 118 million tenge. A pre-trial investigation has been launched into the misappropriation of another person’s property on an especially large scale under Paragraph 2, Part 4, Article 189 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan,»  officials reported

The case is being handled by special prosecutors. The suspect is being held in a pre-trial detention facility, and the purchased car has been seized.

Earlier, we reported that Kazakhstan returned a Turkish citizen who had fled the country and is accused of stealing six billion tenge. It later emerged that he was a partner of Kairat Boranbayev.

Original author: Saule Abdykamit