A 46-year-old man in Aktobe has been sentenced for posing as an employee of the Anti-Corruption Service (Antikor) and defrauding citizens of millions of tenge. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
According to the publication "Diapazon," the fraudster told a local woman that he worked for the anti-corruption service and that they had seized apartments in their database that could be purchased at low prices. In addition, he offered to help her obtain an interest-free loan of up to 15 million tenge from the Damu fund.
The deceived woman first gave the man 2 million tenge for the apartment, and later handed over several more sums supposedly to obtain the interest-free loan. To raise the necessary funds, she took out a bank loan of 2.7 million tenge.
Later, she realized she had fallen victim to a fraudster who had no connection to either the anti-corruption service or the Damu fund.
It later emerged that the scammer had defrauded three other residents using a similar scheme. They gave him millions in hopes of obtaining cheap housing, but received nothing and reported him to the police.
In court, the accused fully admitted his guilt and stated that he no longer remembered exactly how he had deceived people. Despite this, he compensated all victims for their losses and entered into a mediation agreement with them.
The court sentenced him to 3.5 years of restricted freedom with a ban on visiting entertainment venues.
Earlier, Kursiv reported that a fraudster from Aktobe was selling phantom tours via social media.