Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Astana city, in coordination with the prosecutor's office of the capital, registered a pre-trial investigation on the embezzlement of more than 2 billion tenge budget funds against the officials of the Forensic Expertise Center and the head of the contractor organization.

10.3 billion tenge from the republican budget for the purpose of material and technical equipment of the forensic bodies within the framework of the comprehensive plan to combat drug addiction and drug business for 2023-2025

However, in 2023-2024, the officials of the Center for Forensic Expertise tripled the cost of the equipment by presenting false commercial offers during the formation of the budget request in advance with the interested group.

In addition, before the public procurement tender was announced, the technical specifications indicated the equipment that could only be offered by companies they knew. 2 plots of land in Almaty, an apartment in Astana, and BMW X6 and RAV 4 cars worth more than 148 million tenge were banned. In addition, 1.6 billion tenge in bank accounts, 367 The company's funds in the amount of 1000 US dollars and 366 thousand euros were blocked. The director of the legal expertise center, the head of the state procurement department and the head of the LLP were arrested, and the court decided to detain them for 2 months. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.

According to Article 77, Clause 3, Clause 1, and Article 19, Part 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Kazakhstan, everyone is considered innocent until his guilt in committing a criminal offense is established by a legally binding court verdict. please.

Anonymity is guaranteed.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/afm-astana/press/news/details/963753?lang=kk