Olimp case

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The Olimp case is a criminal case initiated in 2019 by the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan against the bookmaker companies OLIMP KZ, Alpha-bet and Onlybet on charges of illegal gambling, tax evasion, property legalization and participation in a criminal group. The case arose two weeks after the all-Kazakhstan press conference held by Olimp as the leader of the Association of Bookmakers of Kazakhstan, during which Olimp publicly accused the officials of the relevant ministry of creating (for the benefit of their own business interests) a private monopoly a single betting operator named "Betting Accounting Center". Following Olimp, criminal cases were also brought against other bookmakers in Kazakhstan: Profit Betting, StavkaBet, and PariMatch.kz, Finbet, Triumph, and Favorit have faced criminal proceedings since 2020. After Olimp's liquidation through criminal cases, the private monopoly "Betting Accounting Center", against whose creation Olimp had fought for about two years, was legalized in just a few months. In 2021, Saken Mussaibekov, Vice Minister of Tourism and Sports of Kazakhstan, was held criminally liable for a bribe from the "Betting Accounting Center".…

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