Organizers of an illegal online casino have been detained in Almaty. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
According to the Financial Monitoring Agency, the suspects organized the payment system for the online casinos “Olymp Casino”, “Rukh Poker”, and “7Kcasino”. This included receiving and processing money from players through the online platform “Rocket.do”.
One of the participants in the case is a foreign citizen. He searched for people willing to provide their bank accounts for a reward of up to 200 US dollars. He brought the found droppers to Kazakhstan, took them to the Public Service Center to obtain an IIN, and then to bank branches to open accounts.
Through this, the suspect gained access to the bank accounts of 15 foreign citizens, and also provided his own account for use. The total amount of funds received from players into the accounts of 16 droppers exceeded 110 million tenge.
One of the suspects has been taken into custody, while three others were released on a written undertaking not to leave the place of residence and to behave properly. The criminal case has been sent to court.