A Kazakh citizen suspected of fraud has been extradited from Russia to face criminal prosecution.
According to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, the suspect fraudulently obtained an entrepreneur's specialised equipment between 2019 and 2020, worth a total of approximately 53 million tenge. In addition, the offender misappropriated 35 million tenge which he obtained by selling a car that did not belong to him.
After committing the crime, he went into hiding and was placed on an international wanted list. He was detained in St Petersburg in July.
"At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan, the individual has been extradited to his homeland. The crime he is charged with carries a penalty of imprisonment for a term of five to ten years, with confiscation of property," the statement said.
The suspect has been placed in a pre-trial detention facility in Petropavlovsk.
Earlier, in June, a suspect in large-scale fraud was extradited to Kazakhstan from the United Arab Emirates. It was reported that in 2010, the offender received 50 million tenge from the victim to deliver a Rolls-Royce car from the USA, after which he disappeared with the money.
In July, a suspect accused of leading a branch of the "Finiko" financial pyramid in the Kostanay region, whose investors lost over 167 million tenge, was extradited to Kazakhstan from Armenia.
In September, a Kazakh citizen was extradited from Turkey to face criminal prosecution for the misappropriation of entrusted property. According to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, the suspect, who worked as an accountant for a commercial organisation in Almaty, misappropriated approximately 27 million tenge between 2022 and 2023.
In mid-November, a Kazakh citizen who had been placed on the wanted list was detained on a Greek island. She is suspected of fraud. In 2021, while working as an accountant for an LLP in Almaty, she illegally transferred $230,000 to her own account.