Starting from September 16, 2025, criminal liability will be introduced for the transfer and acquisition of access to a bank account payment instrument or identification means Recall that a dropper is a person who is used by fraudsters to cash out stolen or illegally obtained funds The dropper acts as a front person to whom bank cards are issued and through which money is transferred and cashed out Droppers may also be involved in other fraud schemes involving the use of other people's bank accounts There is no legal basis for bringing droppers to criminal responsibility in the current legislation Today, droppers are treated as witnesses and if intent is proven, as accomplices in fraud Article 232-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been introduced "illegal provision transfer and acquisition of access to a bank account payment instrument or identification means as well as illegal payments and money transfers" For illegally providing access to one's bank account payment instrument or identification means to a third party, a fine of up to 160 MCI is provided for remuneration (in 2025 629 120 tenge) The fine can be replaced with community service or arrest for up to 50 days with confiscation of property At the same time, the amendments provide for aggravating circumstances For example if a dropper received a "significant" reward for transferring his bank account, the fine may be increased to 3,000 MCI (in 2025 11,796,000 tenge) Or you can go to prison for up to 2 years Now the droppers face the following penalties: up to 3 years in prison for illegally providing access to one's bank account.; up to 5 years in prison for directly making transfers and payments in the interests of third parties.; up to 7 years in prison for so-called "dropouts" persons who acquire access to bank accounts in order to use them for illegal purposes At the same time, there is a note to the new article a person who has committed a criminal offense provided for in this article for the first time voluntarily declared it and also actively contributed to the disclosure or suppression of this offense is exempt from criminal liability if his actions do not contain elements of another criminal offense Chief Specialist of the Administration Department individual entrepreneurs E. Aimakhanov Department of State Revenue for the city of Kyzylorda