The State Institution "Aktobe Institution for Forest and Wildlife Protection" of the State Institution "Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Regulation of the Aktobe Region" (hereinafter referred to as the Institution) conducted an unscheduled audit event to verify compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan regarding the expenses for lubricants, covering the period from January 1, 2024, to November 30, 2025, inclusive. This audit was initiated based on the application of Y. S. Taganov, forwarded via a letter from the Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Aktobe Region, concerning the payment of wages, rewards, travel allowances, and fuel and lubricants.
The total amount of unjustified daily expense payments to employees of 10 (ten) institutions for 2025, in violation of paragraph 4, subparagraph 2, and paragraph 3, subparagraph 2 of the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 11, 2018, No. 256 "On Approval of the Rules for Reimbursement of Expenses for Official Business Trips at the Expense of Budget Funds, Including to Foreign States," was found to be 267.4 thousand tenge.
Contrary to Table 1, paragraph 8, Chapter 2 of the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated August 11, 2009, No. 1210 "On Approval of the Norms for Fuel and Lubricant Expenses for State Bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Expenses for the Maintenance of Motor Vehicles," budget funds for 2024-2025 were unjustifiably spent in the amount of 11,264.0 thousand tenge for vehicles on the institution's balance sheet.
In conclusion, the audit revealed financial violations totaling 11,531.4 thousand tenge.
Furthermore, on February 3, 2026, the Department issued an order to eliminate the identified violations and to consider the responsibility of the persons who allowed them. Currently, the full amount of 11,531.4 thousand tenge has been returned to the state budget revenue.