An Internet fraudster from the colony deceived Kazakhstanis for 25 million tenge

He committed fraudulent actions through the use of mobile phones and various SIM cards of mobile operators.The Prosecutor's Office of the Almaty region revealed the facts of committing Internet fraud by a convicted person while serving a sentence in correctional institution No. 12. This was reported in the press service of the regional prosecutor's office. It was established that from June 2020 to January 2023, Zh.A.Sh. committed about 200 fraudulent actions in the amount of over 25 million tenge through the use of mobile phones and various SIM cards of cellular operators in a correctional facility. This fact was registered on March 2, 2023 by the specialized prosecutor's office on the grounds of the composition of the offense provided for in Article 190, part 3, paragraph 4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan - "Fraud", and transferred to the investigative unit of the UP Konaev," the prosecutor's office said in a statement. It is reported that 2 mobile phones and 41 SIM cards were seized from the convict, through which he made calls and conducted correspondence through the Whatsapp channel. Currently, the database is being monitored, both in our region and in other regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to identify other offenses committed by convicts. In addition, the facts of inaction of correctional institution employees were registered by the specialized prosecutor's office under Article 370 Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan - "Inaction on duty", and transferred to the Department of the Anti-Corruption Service in the Almaty region," the department noted.