A total of 676 students at Almaty's International College of Business and Communications were left waiting for government money due to them. The delays affected state scholarships and compensation for travel costs. Students were left to manage the disruption without the promised financial support. The college director was punished over the delayed payments, though the specific penalty and ordering authority were not identified. A timetable for releasing the overdue money was not given, and it remained unclear whether students had received anything by publication time. The episode placed the college's handling of public funding for students under scrutiny.