In Kazakhstan, bank employees helped make payments to illegal online casinos - AFM. In Astana, an investigation has been completed against a group of people who ensured the operation of illegal online casinos "Nomadgams", "Sultangams" and their mirror sites, the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Financial Monitoring reported. Payment organizations, bank terminals, electronic wallets and cryptocurrency devices were used to receive money from players. According to the case materials, representatives of the banking sector participated in the program. They took care of connecting the payment infrastructure and signing contracts without mandatory verification. To hide the true purpose of the payments, the transactions were carried out under the guise of legitimate gambling and other commercial activities. The total amount of transactions through electronic terminals exceeded 188 billion tenge. According to investigators, scheme participants used a controlled LLP to launder their income. 10 billion tenge was transferred to his accounts under a fictitious agreement. The money was then converted into cryptocurrency and transferred to the suspects' wallets. Investigators determined the movement of digital assets totaling $19 million. With the approval of the court, 3 apartments, 6 cars as well as crypto assets and money in bank accounts in the amount of 1.4 billion tenge were seized. Three suspects were arrested, three more are on bail. In relation to two people, a written commitment not to leave the place and appropriate behavior was chosen. The criminal case was transferred to the court.