Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received a briefing from the Financial Supervisory Service (AFM) on its 2025 work, which included the completion of investigations into 1,135 criminal cases, compensation of 141.5 billion tenge to victims, dismantling of 15 criminal gangs and 29 platforms engaged in illegal cash-out schemes with transactions exceeding 128 billion tenge, cracking down on the activities of 22 underground cryptocurrency exchanges used for money laundering in drug trafficking and fraud, and shutting down over 1,100 illegal online cryptocurrency trading services and 20,000 deposit cards used for money laundering. (Tengrinews)