The Anti-Corruption Agency has completed another investigation into the wife of Kairat Satybaldy - Gulmira - and a number of implicated individuals. She is accused of the unlawful deprivation of liberty of a businessman, extortion, and arbitrary action resulting in serious consequences.
According to the agency's press service, the participants in the proceedings have now finished reviewing the materials of the criminal case.
"A preventive measure in the form of 'detention on remand' has been chosen for G. Satybaldy with the sanction of the Almaty investigative court. The criminal case has been sent to the Specialised Inter-District Criminal Court of Almaty for consideration on its merits," the statement reads.
It will be recalled that the charges became known last year during the trial before Gulmira Satybaldy was sentenced to 8 years in prison for misappropriation and embezzlement of property.
The defendant stated at the time that she did not admit her guilt. Two other defendants in the case — Madi Batyrshayev (founder and director of Maxi Bottlers LLP), who is accused of arbitrary action and kidnapping, and Rashid Utebekov (Satybaldy's driver), who is accused of kidnapping — partially admitted their guilt.
Businessmen Tursen Alaguzov and Aigul Mekeshova were recognised as victims of the actions of Gulmira Satybaldy and other individuals. The amount of damage caused exceeded 6.6 billion tenge.
Incidentally, the Anti-Corruption Agency press service previously reported that the agency plans to return another 50 billion tenge to the state in connection with the case of the former president Nazarbayev's nephew – Kairat Satybaldy.