In the Abai Region, a 30-year-old woman stood trial for providing her bank account to third parties — so-called dropper activity. She received 40,000 tenge for access to the account, but ultimately had to pay the state significantly more, reports infohub.kz.
According to the information media portal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on 1 March in Kokpekti District, the 30-year-old woman saw an Instagram advertisement offering earnings by renting out a bank account. Interested in the offer, she followed the link in the ad to Telegram.
There, an unknown person contacted her. During the correspondence, she was offered to provide her bank account for use by third parties for money transfers. In return, she was promised a monetary reward.
Although the woman could have refused to participate in dubious transactions, she agreed to the offer and provided her bank account for use by third parties. Between 2 and 9 March 2026, funds from various people were deposited into her bank account. For providing the bank account for use, the woman received a reward of 40,000 tenge.
Following the pre-trial investigation, an investigator from the investigative department of Kokpekti District sent the criminal case to court. The court classified her actions under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which provides liability for the illegal provision, transfer and obtaining of access to a bank account, payment instrument or means of identification, as well as the illegal execution of payments and (or) money transfers.
When imposing the punishment, the court took into account as mitigating circumstances her full admission of guilt, sincere remorse for what she had done, and the fact that she has minor children in her care. Taking this into account, she was sentenced to a fine of 20 monthly calculation indices, that is, 86,500 tenge.
In addition, a compulsory payment of 5 monthly calculation indices (21,625 tenge) was recovered from her to the Victims' Compensation Fund.