Former road ministry state secretary B. Nasantogtokh jailed for five years, over 2.5 billion tögrög confiscated

A court has sentenced B. Nasantogtokh, a former state secretary of the Ministry of Road and Transport and former department head at the Energy Ministry, to five years in prison.

According to iSee.mn, the investigations department of the Independent Authority Against Corruption investigated Nasantogtokh for bribery, his sister-in-law as an accomplice and his son-in-law for money laundering. A district first-instance court for simplified criminal and civil proceedings heard the case involving five people, after the defendants voluntarily asked for it to be decided under simplified procedure.

Searches during the investigation found 10,600 US dollars, 11,600 yuan, 300,000 won, 3,440 euros and fuel vouchers worth 7.03 million tögrög at Nasantogtokh's home, and 70,000 US dollars at his sister-in-law's home. The court found that he could not explain the lawful origin of 3,069,670,494 tögrög in assets, and that he concealed 2.84 billion tögrög obtained through illicit enrichment and bribery by buying commercial space, apartments, vehicles and a parking space. He was also found guilty of receiving a three-room apartment from the director of a company that won a tender, and of taking bribes totalling 202.8 million tögrög.

The court confiscated 1,933,254,850 tögrög in criminal proceeds, a Lexus valued at 251.8 million tögrög registered in the name of a related party, and 337,444,746 tögrög seized during searches. Alongside the five-year prison term, Nasantogtokh was barred from public office for five years and had his freedom of movement restricted for four years. The four other defendants received penalties including travel restrictions, bans from public office and fines.

The news spread widely on X, where users shared the list of currencies found at his home.