Illegal casinos have been revealed in Jalal-Abad. They were covered up by law enforcement officers. Press center of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) reported. Activities of a network of illegal gambling establishments operating under the guise of Internet clubs were stopped within the initiated criminal case under article 218 «Illegal entrepreneurial activity» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic in Jalal-Abad and Suzak district. The security authorities detained individual organizers and administrators of the underground establishments. The monthly turnover of each of them was more than a million soms. More than 200,000 soms received from illegal activities were found at the cash desks in one day. SCNS confiscated 40 computers with the corresponding software, they imitated the operation of slot machines. A preventive conversation was held with visitors about the illegal activities of these gambling establishments. Appropriate tax audits and expert examinations have been scheduled. «At the same time, individual law enforcement officers of the region are suspected of involvement in the patronage of the underground establishments. In this regard, measures are being taken to identify them and bring them to justice,» the statement says.
Source: 24.kg News Agency