According to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 12, 2007 № 219 "On Gambling Business", casino and slot machine halls should be located only on the banks of the Kapchagai reservoir in Almaty region and in Shuchinsk district of Akmola region. Apart from these territories, it is prohibited to place casinos and slot machine halls in the rest of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Recall that the responsibility for the organization of illegal gambling is punishable by a fine of 2,000 MCI or restriction of liberty for up to 2 years or confiscation of property under Article 307 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Do not be indifferent to such situations, your timely actions will help to prevent illegal actions. In case of detection of illegal gambling business, please contact the Department of Economic Investigation of WKO by phone: +7 708 912 0251; +7 705 814 1222; +7 7112 538429
The director of one of the enterprises of the West Kazakhstan region, having entered into a criminal conspiracy with a resident of the region, committed illegal actions to issue fictitious invoices without actually performing work, providing services and shipping goods.
This fact was established by the Department of Economic Investigations in the West Kazakhstan region of the Agency for Financial Monitoring of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The damage to the state amounted to 62.2 million tenge, of which 23.3 million tenge was reimbursed.
At present, the case materials have been sent to court.
Financial pyramids are the most well-known and widespread method of extorting money from citizens. Surprisingly, joining a financial pyramid is usually voluntary and without legal support. Thus, no one guarantees the return of invested funds. According to Article 217 of the Criminal Code of the RoK, criminal liability is provided for the creation and management of a financial pyramid.
The main feature of the financial pyramid is the promised huge profits, extra income. The promise of high returns can be fulfilled only once to attract the organization, but the risk of losing even more funds is very high.
The second sign is that the company is not engaged in real economic or investment activities. Pyramids are disguised as commodity, credit, tourism, construction companies. However, in reality, all payments to old depositors are made at the expense of new depositors.
The third feature is that such projects do not have a material and legal basis, ie these companies are newly created, do not have financial statements, do not enter into agreements or agreements are made only for the benefit of the organizers and do not comply with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
If you have any doubts about the activities of the financial pyramid, you can contact the Department of Economic Investigation of the West Kazakhstan region by the following hotline: 8 (7112) 53-84-27
On March 30, 2021, at the site of the WKO Chamber of Entrepreneurs, was a meeting about liability for violation of gambling legislation with the participation of the Deputy Head of the Department of Economic Investigations Kenes Aslan and Deputy Director of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs Magripa Nigisheva, as well as representatives of the prosecutor's office, education and the local police service of the WKO.
According to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 12, 2007 № 219 "On Gambling Business", casino and slot machine halls must be located only in the Almaty region on the coast of the Kapshagai reservoir and in the Shchuchinsky district of the Akmola region Apart from these territories, it is prohibited to place casinos and slot machine halls in the rest of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
According to Deputy Director of the Chamber of entrepreneurs Magripa Nigisheva, special attention should be paid to the joint responsibility of tenant business.Deputy head of the Department of Economic investigation Kenes Aslan warned about the possibility of criminal liability for violations. Also, representatives of the Department of State Revenue noted the need to comply with the requirements of tax legislation, and representatives of the prosecutor's office suggested strengthening joint work on the Prevention of violations of the law.
We want to remind that liability for organizing illegal gambling business is punishable by a fine of 2,000 MRP or imprisonment for up to 2 years or confiscation of property under Article 307 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Don't be indifferent, your timely actions will help to prevent illegal actions.
Employees of the Department of Economic Investigation of WKO remind citizens about the hotline +7 (7112) 53-84-27, through which you can report illegal gambling clubs in our city or region.