Kazakh Clinics Director Faces Charges Over Health Fund Scam

Astana Department of the Kazakh Financial Monitoring Agency, in coordination with the prosecutor’s office, is investigating the head of two private clinics for embezzling funds from the Social Health Insurance Fund.

In 2022, the clinics signed contracts with the Fund for medical services totaling 2.4 billion KZT ($4.698 million), including services provided by a mobile medical train, The Caspian Post reports via Kazakh media.

The agency officials said the clinic director created a fraudulent scheme, entering false patient data into the system for individuals who never received care, including fake diagnoses and services. Daily registrations reportedly included 90-150 fictitious patients.

As a result, the clinics illegally received 682 million KZT ($1.335 million) for services not rendered. In January 2024, part of the illicit funds-364 million KZT (712,582) -was transferred to the personal accounts of the director and his spouse.

The suspect is now in custody, and a court has sanctioned the seizure of his assets, including a country house in Spain, an apartment in Astana, and vehicles. The investigation is ongoing.

Under Article 201 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Kazakhstan, additional details are not subject to disclosure.