Mazhilis deputy Bakytzhan Bazarbek demanded punishment for private bailiffs (ChSI) previously implicated by the prosecutor's office in ties with microfinance and collection organizations. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
He sent a corresponding request to the Prosecutor General, the Minister of Justice, the head of the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market, and the chairman of the Agency for Civil Service Affairs.
According to the deputy, back in 2023, the Prosecutor General's Office revealed gross violations in the work of notaries and ChSIs. However, many of those mentioned in the inspection materials continue to work to this day.
Bazarbek stated that some bailiffs effectively acted in the interests of MFOs and collectors. In particular, prosecutors found cases where employees of microfinance and collection organizations were illegally granted access to the AIS OIP system, which contains personal data of debtors and information on enforcement proceedings.
Additionally, the inspection revealed other signs of affiliation between ChSIs and debt collectors. According to the deputy, bailiffs' offices were located in the same buildings as collection companies, their assistants were former employees of MFOs and collection agencies, and some representatives of debt collectors received powers of attorney to work on behalf of ChSIs.
Prosecutors also recorded money transfers from bailiffs to collection organizations. In some cases, relatives of ChSIs were linked to the collection business, and the bailiffs themselves, the deputy claims, systematically worked in the interests of the same debt collectors.
"The most frightening thing is not the results of the prosecutor's inspection, but the consequences," Bazarbek said.
According to him, the prosecutor's office at that time demanded the initiation of license revocation for ChSIs who committed gross violations of the law, but these measures have not yet been taken.
In this regard, the deputy asked the Ministry of Justice to execute the acts of prosecutorial response and file lawsuits in court to revoke the licenses of bailiffs mentioned in the prosecutor's submission. He also proposed temporarily suspending the licenses of ChSIs whose relatives work in MFOs and collection organizations and jointly profit with them.
Bazarbek proposed that the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market conduct an inspection of collection and microfinance organizations affiliated with ChSIs. He asked the Prosecutor General's Office to take special control over the execution of its orders, and the Agency for Civil Service Affairs to consider disciplinary liability of officials of justice bodies who failed to ensure compliance with the supervisory authority's requirements.
Earlier, Kursiv reported that collectors have become "service personnel" for banks – due to a two-year ban on debt buyouts introduced in 2024, collectors can no longer mass-purchase overdue loans.