President of Kazakhstan Qasym-Jomart Toqaev received the chairman of the Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM), Zhanat Elimanov, who reported on the uncovering of a scheme involving the fictitious enrollment of 140,000 citizens to clinics to illegally obtain payments from the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), according to the website infohub.kz.
Elimanov said that investigations into 496 criminal cases have been completed in the country, with victims compensated losses totaling 22.6 billion tenge. Seven criminal groups, including four transnational ones, were neutralized, as well as 44 cash-out networks with a turnover exceeding 176 billion tenge.
Twelve shadow crypto exchangers used for laundering proceeds from drug trafficking and fraud have been liquidated. Thirty-six drop cells were identified, through whose accounts transactions worth 113 billion tenge were conducted.
"Risks of embezzlement of 10 billion tenge in state funds during the commercialization of scientific developments have been identified, as well as a scheme of fictitious enrollment of 140,000 citizens for private clinics to illegally obtain financing from the SHIF," the AFM chairman noted.
The agency blocked access to 9,000 accounts with signs of illegal gambling, shut down 2,300 fraudulent resources, and 25 group chats with a total audience of over 35,000 people.
The head of state gave a number of instructions on key areas of the Agency's activities.
Earlier, "Kursiv" reported that Toqaev gave instructions to the new akims of the Atyrau region and Ulytau.