From 2019 to 2021, the suspect ran a branch of the financial pyramid «Finiko» in the Kostanay region. As a result, around 40 victims lost more than 167 million tenge.
«Employees of the General Prosecutor's Office and Interpol of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the assistance of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Armenia, extradited a Kazakhstani citizen to face criminal liability for running a financial pyramid», the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office reported.
Some members of the criminal group had previously been convicted, and the offender fled to Armenia after committing the crime, where she was detained.
The suspect has now been placed in a pre-trial detention centre in Aktau.
It is reported that the crime she is charged with carries a penalty of imprisonment for a term of 5 to 12 years, with confiscation of property and disqualification from engaging in certain activities for up to 7 years.
It will be recalled that earlier it became known that the department of AFM in Zhambyl Region is conducting an investigation into the creation and management of a structural unit of the financial (investment) pyramid «The Finiko» in Taraz.
In addition, in 2022 it was reported that more than 300 people had filed statements regarding the founders of «Finiko», with the amount of funds raised totalling nearly $1.8 million and more than 630 million tenge.