According to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Kazakhstan, individuals who hand over their bank cards to fraudsters may face the blocking of all their bank accounts, followed by criminal prosecution for acting as so-called «money mules.» The agency reports that thousands of people in Kazakhstan may be involved in such financial crimes.
So far, the Prosecutor General’s Office has identified more than 50,000 individuals in the country involved in online fraud and drug trafficking. Over 6,000 of them are so-called money mules, whose identities have already been established by law enforcement. Officials believe the actual number may be significantly higher.