Kazakhstan has detained an international criminal group that illegally distributed personal data of citizens of Kazakhstan and CIS countries. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, group members collected personal data of over 10,000 people (IIN, passport data, bank card numbers) and sold them via the darknet. The suspects are citizens of Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
During the investigation, 5 people were detained, two of them arrested. The rest were placed under house arrest. About 50 million tenge, computer equipment, and servers with data were seized from the suspects.
A criminal case has been opened under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan (Illegal collection and distribution of personal data). The suspects face up to 7 years in prison. The investigation is ongoing.