In the Mangystau region, a court has sentenced the chief accountant of a multidisciplinary regional hospital for embezzling 32 million tenge in budget funds. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
According to the regional prosecutor's office, the court sentenced the chief accountant of the Mangystau multidisciplinary regional hospital to 7 years of deprivation of liberty for embezzling budget funds. He was also deprived of the right to engage in accounting activities for a period of 5 years.
The charge brought was misappropriation or embezzlement of entrusted property on an especially large scale.
According to the prosecutor's office, the chief accountant, in prior collusion with an acquaintance, transferred budget funds to the accounts of individual entrepreneurs and legal entities, and subsequently converted them into cash.
The guilt of the defendants was fully proven. The chief accountant's accomplice was sentenced to 7 years of restriction of liberty. The court verdict has entered into legal force.