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Tengrinews.kz - The Department of the Agency for Financial Monitoring (FMA) in the Aktobe region, in coordination with the prosecutor's office, has shut down a criminal group that operated an illegal online casino, according to the FMA press service.
According to the report, from 2022 to 2024, the suspects created an organized crime group and ran an illegal gambling business through the platform bingo37.pro.
"Bets from participants were accepted by operators via bank transfers, after which they were registered on the platform and provided with a login, password, and a link to access the games. To launder criminal proceeds, the suspects enlisted ‘drops’—stand-ins whose bank cards were used to withdraw large sums of money to conceal the illegal origins of the funds. The illegal online casino generated daily revenues ranging from 150,000 to 200,000 tenge. The total criminal income of the group amounted to over 306 million tenge," the statement reads.
The financial investigation revealed that the suspects used the illicit funds to purchase two vehicles— a Toyota Land Cruiser and a Lexus EC 250—worth a total of 66 million tenge. To avoid possible confiscation, the cars were registered under trusted individuals. The court has since placed the vehicles under seizure.
The organizers of the scheme have been arrested and remain in custody. A pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
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