After the police refused to initiate a criminal case regarding the alleged corporate raid involving Aliya Nazarbayeva and Valentina Rogova — the wife of former Chairman of the Constitutional Council Igor Rogov — the prosecutor's office overturned the law enforcement authorities' decision.
According to reports from the media, the materials were transferred to the Department of Economic Investigations (DEI).
Later, journalists from the same publication sought comments from the Almaty prosecutor's office. However, officials there did not confirm the overturning of the police decision or the transfer of the case materials to the DEI.
As a reminder, previously, the Prosecutor General's Office sent to the Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM) a statement from businessman Nurlan Bimurzin, who accuses the former president's daughter Aliya Nazarbayeva and Valentina Rogova of seizing a business valued at $170 million as of 2003. The entrepreneur claimed they took over 7 oil depots and 96 petrol stations that belonged to him at the time.
Meanwhile, certain former owners of 'TPK Asia' allegedly told the authors of the article that the 'Luxor' fitness centre, which is registered under Nazarbayeva, is to be sold. They believe the complex was built using their money and demand its return as compensation. The former owners want to sell it and promise to allocate part of the proceeds to help those affected by the floods.
It is also reported that Aliya Nazarbayeva transferred land belonging to the Ministry of Defence as part of a deal with a company registered in the Virgin Islands.
Earlier, foreign media reported that Nazarbayeva had moved more than $300 million out of Kazakhstan and spent it on purchasing overseas property. The acquisitions came to light following a lawsuit filed by the former president's daughter against her financial advisers.
At the time, Nazarbayeva claimed she received $325 million from the sale of shares in Kazakhstani companies and transferred $312 million to a network of offshore trusts and companies 'from Liechtenstein to the British Virgin Islands'.