Kazakhstanis paid an entrepreneur from Kokshetau between 250,000 and one million tenge in the hope of getting work in the United Kingdom. She failed to fulfill her obligations, and the total damage to 92 victims reached nearly 70 million tenge. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
The case of large-scale fraud was heard by the Kokshetau City Court.
According to court data, since 2024 the woman offered document processing services for work abroad. On social media she presented herself as a blogger and advertised her services.
With clients, the entrepreneur concluded contracts, processed visas and medical insurance, and discussed departure dates to England. However, the fraudster disappeared after receiving the money.
92 people from Kokshetau, Astana, Karaganda, and the Akmola, Karaganda, Kostanay, North Kazakhstan and Kyzylorda regions were recognized as victims. Her guilt was confirmed by victims' testimony, documents, bank statements and other case materials.
The entrepreneur was found guilty of fraud on an especially large scale under point 2 of part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to six years and eight months of imprisonment. In addition to imprisonment, she was banned for five years from activities related to attracting citizens' money into commercial and other activities.
"The court recognized the presence of minor children as a mitigating circumstance. Since the convicted woman has two dependent children, the execution of the sentence of imprisonment was deferred for one year," the court said.
The court also satisfied the civil claims of 28 victims. Material damage was recovered in their favor — from 200,000 to more than 1 million tenge each.
The verdict has not yet entered into legal force.
Earlier, Kursiv reported how a fake realtor in Kokshetau promised clients cheap apartments, a fraudster from Shymkent rented out "ghost apartments," and a swindler from Aktau sold non-existent meat on TikTok.