On December 19, 2023, the Almaty District Court in Kazakhstan sentenced two organizers of peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions to real prison terms, considering them participants in a fraudulent scheme. The investigation began a year and a half ago, revealing that the P2P transactions for cash, conducted through a counterparty, involved funds from telephone scams targeting pensioners. The court charged the organizers with complicity in fraud and conspiracy with criminals, despite the defense provi...

On December 19, 2023, the Almaty District Court in Kazakhstan sentenced two organizers of peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions to real prison terms, considering them participants in a fraudulent scheme. The investigation began a year and a half ago, revealing that the P2P transactions for cash, conducted through a counterparty, involved funds from telephone scams targeting pensioners. The court charged the organizers with complicity in fraud and conspiracy with criminals, despite the defense provi...