Kazakhstan Sentences 27 in $6.4 Million Fake Farm-Loan Scheme

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A Kazakh court has sentenced 27 members of an organized crime group to between six and eight years in prison for stealing the equivalent of $6.4 million in public funds through a fraudulent agricultural loan scheme, state news agency Kazinform reported, citing the country's Financial Monitoring Agency.According to investigators, the defendants spent five years—between 2016 and 2021—setting up…

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Primary source: OCCRP Stories About Power and Influence · July 23, 2026

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