Confiscated property belonging to the suspect in the case of corporate raiding by Aidos Kospayev was attempted to be illegally re-registered and sold in Almaty.
According to the press service of the Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM), the agency had previously concluded an investigation into Kospayev's organised criminal group (OCG) regarding the corporate raiding of LLP "AV-Construction", LLP "Steklo Plant", LLP "Shalkar 17", LLP "Bakhar-A" and other enterprises in Almaty.
It is noted that the court placed a seizure on a land plot and property on the territory of the "Nikolsky" market, which belonged to LLP "Nikolsky Investment", where Aidos Kospayev was a founder.
"However, in September of this year, the aforementioned encumbrances were removed by entering false information into the database of the NJSC 'Government for Citizens'", the statement reads.
In October, the property and plot, valued at 2.2 billion tenge, were re-registered to nominees for subsequent sale to foreign investors.
"The Agency has identified and detained three individuals previously convicted of fraud, who, by court sanction, have been assigned the preventive measure of 'Detention in Custody'. At the same time, an accomplice in the forgery of title documents, which facilitated the alienation of the property, has been identified", the statement reads.
AFM employees are continuing the investigation.
Recall that the so-called Kospayev OCG is suspected of using violence and threats, corporate raiding of entrepreneurs' property, and engaging in illegal business on the territory of Almaty and the Almaty region. The OCG of Yeldos Kospayev is linked to Bolat Nazarbayev, the brother of the former president.
During the investigation, some suspects were arrested, while others fled abroad. On 6 September 2023, members of the alleged OCG — Yeldos, Aidos, and Aibek Kospayev, Oksana Kudryasheva, Alexei Kuznetsov, Ruslan Shalin, and Yerlan Imashev — were extradited from Northern Cyprus.