Over 700 IINs illegally issued to foreigners in northern Kazakhstan

Tengrinews.kz – The Prosecutor’s Office of the North Kazakhstan Region has uncovered serious violations of the Law “On National Registers of Identification Numbers” in the provision of services to foreign nationals, according to the website of the supervisory authority.
In particular, the regional branch of the state corporation "Government for Citizens" remotely processed 720 applications for obtaining Individual Identification Numbers (IINs) for foreigners, in violation of legal requirements.

“Following the act of prosecutorial oversight, those responsible have been held accountable in accordance with the law, and measures are being taken to annul the issued IINs,” the prosecutor’s office reported.

In addition, police in Petropavlovsk and the Magzhan Zhumabayev district have launched pre-trial investigations under Part 2 of Article 206 of the Criminal Code – “Unlawful destruction or modification of information.” Investigative actions are currently underway.
Earlier this summer, the Interdistrict Criminal Court of Astana issued a verdict against a former Public Service Center (ЦОН) employee, who was found guilty of deliberately entering false information into the national information system, resulting in severe consequences.
In the fall of last year, this specialist intentionally entered fake data into the system based on documents submitted by an unknown person on behalf of a Russian citizen. As a result, a bank account was opened using the fraudulently issued IIN, and 40 million tenge were illegally transferred to it.
This spring, information began circulating on Kazakh social media that IINs issued to Russian citizens in violation of Kazakh law were being revoked. The Migration Service Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed this information, but with reservations.
Previously, it was also reported that Russian citizens were being summoned for questioning due to remotely issued Kazakh bank cards.