Supreme Audit Chamber Transferred Embezzlement Cases to Law Enforcement

At a Majiis meeting, deputies asked why the Supreme Audit Chamber's audit results have not become the basis for criminal investigations, Orda reports.

The Supreme Audit Chamber Head, Alikhan Smailov, said that materials on four facts have already been transferred to law enforcement agencies. 

Materials worth two billion tenge, which are related to receiving subsidies for non-existent investments or providing false information when receiving subsidies for agricultural machinery that was not purchased, as well as receiving subsidies for entrepreneurial activity despite the fact that individuals were not registered as entrepreneurs with tax authorities, have been transferred to law enforcement agencies, Alikhan Smailov answered.

Eight officials from the Ministry and regional agricultural departments were held administratively liable.

Also, about 320 more people were brought to administrative liability, Smailov said.

Original Author: Zhadra Zhulmukhametova