Trial against the former Deputy Head of the State Customs Service of Kyrgyzstan Raiymbek Matraimov continues in the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek.
The prosecutor read out a document according to which Matraimov undertook to give detailed testimony. In addition, he voluntarily paid 2 billion soms as material damage.
«Due to the fact that Raiymbek Matraimov testified against the heads of the South-West and North-East customs, Nurlan Razhabaliev and Abdybakhab Boronbaev, they were notified of suspicion of committing a crime under the Article «Corruption». They were charged, cases were sent to courts. All terms of the cooperation agreement have been met. Matraimov actively contributed to the investigation of the criminal case,» the prosecutor said.
Raiymbek Matraimov himself said that he fully admitted his guilt and voluntarily entered into a plea bargain.
In October 2020, the national security bodies of Kyrgyzstan began pre-trial proceedings on the fact of corruption at the customs. It was found out that since the beginning of 2016 to the present the former deputy chairman of the Customs Service Raiymbek Matraimov, other officials of the state service and controlled participants of the foreign economic activity established a corruption scheme on extraction of shadow incomes during customs administration, as a result of which the state budget was damaged on an especially large scale.
The detainee agreed to enter into a plea bargain and paid 2 billion soms: one part — in money, the other — in form of real estate.
