The Head of State received Chairman of the Financial Monitoring Agency Zhanat Elimanov. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
Zhanat Elimanov informed Kassym-Jomart Tokayev that investigations into 496 criminal cases have been completed, and victims have been compensated for damages amounting to 22.6 billion tenge. He also reported that the activities of 7 criminal groups (including four transnational groups) and 44 networks that illegally cashed out over 176 billion tenge have been stopped.
12 underground crypto exchange points used to launder proceeds from drug trafficking and fraud were eliminated. 36 dropper groups that processed 113 billion tenge through their accounts were identified.
For the first time in the CIS countries, individuals were detained who used a special device that imitates the operation of mobile operators and mass-distributes phishing SMS messages to illegally obtain personal data.
"It was also found that private clinics provided false registration data for 140,000 citizens to illegally obtain funds from the Mandatory Social Health Insurance Fund," the Akorda statement said.
Additionally, as part of preventive work, 9,000 websites and accounts with signs of illegal gambling were blocked. The activities of 2,300 resources opened for fraudulent purposes and 25 chats with over 35,000 members were terminated.
The Head of State gave a number of specific instructions on the main areas of the agency's activities.