The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan reports on the practice of collecting millions of tenge from "droppers"—a term used to describe accomplices of fraudsters through whose accounts and cards criminals transfer illegally obtained money, as conveyed by a Tengrinews.kz correspondent.
According to information from the Supreme Court's Telegram channel, if the fraudsters are not identified, victims request to recover funds from the droppers, and courts, as practice shows, tend to side with them.
For instance, the Karabalyk District Court in the Kostanay region reviewed two lawsuits concerning unjust enrichment against two 19-year-old students who decided to "moonlight" as droppers. The plaintiff sought to recover over 9 million tenge from each of them.
"One of the defendants denied any unjust enrichment, claiming he transferred the received money to the accounts specified by the fraudster. The other stated he was unaware of the banking operations on his accounts, did not transfer the received money to others, and had not opened a bank account. Meanwhile, it was discovered that the bank's mobile application was registered with his biometric verification using codes sent to his number," the Supreme Court's Telegram channel reported.
The plaintiff was not acquainted with the students, had no transactions with them, held no obligations towards them, and was not engaged in charity. The court concluded that the defendants' actions constituted unjust enrichment at the plaintiff's expense, granting both lawsuits. The decisions have not yet come into legal force.
A similar ruling was made by the court in Kyzylorda, ordering the recovery of 2 million tenge from a dropper.
"The dropper noted that she agreed to a proposal in Telegram regarding potential earnings, for which she opened a bank account, where the money she transferred, as instructed by the fraudsters, was deposited to third parties. She received 5 thousand tenge for each transaction," the court informed.
Previously, we discussed who droppers are and the dangers they pose. Relevant terminology is being considered for official incorporation into Kazakhstan's legislation.
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