A court in Astana has sentenced urologist Boris Chen to five years in prison after a state audit revealed a systemic fraud scheme involving fake medical services provided to rural populations.
Chen, through his companies Astana Clinic and Clinic Panacea, operated a mobile health train called "Salamat Kazakhstan." Between April 2023 and December 2024, the project billed the Social Health Insurance Fund (FSMS) for 682.9 million tenge.
The fraud wa…
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