Chairman
of the Financial Monitoring Agency Zhanat Elimanov reported to President
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on
the main results of its activities last year. In 2025, unjustified budget expenditures
totaling 264 billion tenge were prevented across 53 infrastructure
projects in the financial sector. The Agency also disrupted the activities of
22 shadow crypto exchanges and terminated relations with 2,000 companies
suspected of involvement in money laundering schemes. In addition, violations
were identified involving the allocation of land plots to subsoil users not
engaged in natural resource exploration, as well as the export of approximately 400,000
tons of illegally extracted minerals. Following
the meeting, the Head of State issued a number of instructions on the Agency’s key areas of work.

