Employees of the Prosecutor General's Office and Interpol of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the assistance of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), extradited a Kazakhstani from Dubai to face criminal charges for fraud.
According to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, between 2022 and 2023 in Almaty, the suspect fraudulently obtained funds from six individuals under the guise of investing in the Wildberries company and promising rewards.
After committing the crimes, he went into hiding and was on the international wanted list for two years. In April of this year, he was detained in the UAE and, upon the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, extradited to Kazakhstan.
The suspect has now been placed in a pre-trial detention centre. For the crimes committed, he faces three to seven years' imprisonment with confiscation of property.
It should be recalled that in June alone, law enforcement authorities in Kazakhstan extradited three citizens who had been hiding abroad. For instance, a Kazakhstani suspected of involvement in an organised criminal group, smuggling and illegal drug trafficking was extradited from Russia.
Additionally, employees of the Prosecutor General's Office and the Financial Monitoring Agency returned a Kazakhstani citizen from Georgia, who is accused of possessing and selling counterfeit banknotes.
Furthermore, a suspect accused of embezzling more than 31 million tenge from a branch of a bank in Astana was extradited from Russia to Kazakhstan.