Article 216. Performing actions to issue an invoice without actually performing work, rendering services, or shipping goods under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1 The commission by a private business entity of actions to issue an invoice without actually performing work, rendering services, or shipping goods in order to extract property benefits, causing major damage to a citizen, organization, or state, –

     is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to three thousand monthly calculation indices, or correctional labor in the same amount, or community service for up to eight hundred hours, or restriction of liberty for up to three years, or imprisonment for the same term.

2 The act provided for in the first part of this Article, committed by:

     1) repeatedly;

     2) by a group of persons by prior agreement;

     4) a person authorized to perform public functions, or a person equated to him, or an official, or a person holding a responsible public position, if it involves the use of his official position., –

     is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to five thousand monthly calculation indices, or correctional labor in the same amount, or community service for up to one thousand two hundred hours, or restriction of liberty for up to five years, or imprisonment for the same period, with confiscation of property, and in the cases provided for in paragraph 4), and with life imprisonment for the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities.

3 The acts provided for in the first or second parts of this Article, committed by a criminal group or caused particularly serious damage, –

     are punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years with confiscation of property, with or without life imprisonment for the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities.

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