A verdict has been handed down in Astana for employees and a top manager of Astana Bank JSC Olzhas Tokhtarov. This was reported by the official representative of the Anti-Corruption Agency, Daniyar Bigaidarov.
According to Informburo.kz, they were found guilty of embezzlement under the guise of providing agency services and the illegal disposal of business centres in Almaty during the pre-bankruptcy period.
As a result, the court found Tokhtarov guilty and sentenced him in absentia to 10 years' imprisonment with confiscation of property in the form of residential, administrative, and industrial premises, buildings, land plots, securities, and cryptocurrencies totalling more than 14 billion tenge.
Additionally, his subordinates, former branch managers, were also found guilty.
"Taking into account their cooperation with the criminal prosecution body and the court, their admission of guilt, and their assistance in uncovering the illegal acts, the court imposed a punishment not involving imprisonment," concluded Bigaidarov.