A court in the Karaganda region has concluded the trial of two school accountants who systematically transferred budget funds to their own accounts over a long period. One of them began her illegal activities back in 2010, reports infohub.kz.
According to the court's press service, a criminal case was heard in Karaganda concerning the theft of others' property through deception and abuse of trust, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, using official position, and on an especially large scale. The defendants were school accountants T. and N.
It was established that between January 2010 and June 2024, T., who held the position of chief accountant at the State Institution "Secondary School No. 33", and N., who worked as an accountant at the same educational institution, using their official positions and illegally applying the electronic digital signatures of school directors, systematically committed theft of budget funds. According to the forensic economic examination, by unjustifiably transferring money to their card accounts under the guise of allowances, benefits, and other payments, T. embezzled 10,658,920 tenge from January to December 2010, and 192,576,422 tenge from March 2012 to June 2024. N. embezzled 113,087,767 tenge over the same period.
The court found T. and N. guilty and sentenced them to imprisonment: T. to 6 years, N. to 7 years. In addition, the convicted individuals are banned from holding accountant positions in state organizations and quasi-state sector entities for 5 years. As part of the civil lawsuit, the amounts of damage caused were recovered from them, with a six-month period set for voluntary compliance. The seizure of T.'s real estate property remains in effect.
The judicial panel upheld the verdict of the court of first instance without changes.