Kazakhstani law enforcement agencies, with the assistance of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), extradited a man suspected of tax evasion.
According to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, from 2018 to 2020, the suspect, holding the position of director of a commercial enterprise, failed to pay corporate tax and VAT, causing damage to the state amounting to more than 293 million tenge.
After a criminal case was initiated, he fled abroad and was on the international wanted list for over a year. In September, he was detained in the UAE, after which, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, he was handed over to Kazakhstani law enforcement agencies.
The suspect has now been placed in a pre-trial detention centre. He faces five to eight years in prison with confiscation of property.
As noted by the Prosecutor General's Office, nine wanted individuals have already been extradited from the United Arab Emirates to Kazakhstan this year.
It is worth recalling that previously, the general director of a commercial organisation was extradited from the UAE. He is suspected of the illegal trafficking of oil worth over 300 million tenge.