The Department of State Revenues for the Mangystau Region informs residents and foreign citizens about ongoing awareness-raising efforts aimed at preventing the transfer of bank cards, accounts, and other payment instruments to third parties.

Cases have been identified in which foreign citizens entering Kazakhstan for the first time obtain an Individual Identification Number (IIN), open bank accounts and cards, and then transfer or rent them out to third parties. These instruments are subsequently used to commit internet fraud and other illegal financial operations.

Analysis shows that individuals arriving in the country for the first time most frequently become a source of such transfers of banking details.

Important to know:

Transferring bank cards, accounts, payment instruments, and means of identification to third parties is prohibited. Such actions entail criminal liability under Article 232-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

At state border checkpoints, informational and preventive work is being conducted. Foreign citizens entering Kazakhstan for the first time are informed about the inadmissibility of transferring banking instruments and about the consequences of violating the law.

The Department of State Revenues for the Mangystau Region calls on citizens and guests of the region to:

• never transfer bank cards, accounts, or mobile banking login credentials to unauthorized persons;
• not agree to “rent out” an account or card, even for remuneration;
• immediately contact law-enforcement authorities or the bank’s hotline if suspicious offers are received.

Compliance with these simple rules will protect you from criminal liability and help prevent financial crimes.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kgd-mangistau/press/news/details/1280349?lang=ru