(15 January 2026 | Source: press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office)
Kazakh law enforcement authorities have secured the extradition from Georgia of a Kazakh citizen suspected of organising a financial pyramid scheme.
According to the investigation, under her leadership, significant sums of money were raised over several years in various regions of the country. The return of the suspect allows the investigation to continue into a case in which guilty verdicts have already been handed down against accomplices.
HOW THE CASE DEVELOPED
According to information from the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the extradition was carried out by the agency’s staff together with the Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM) with the assistance of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Georgia. After committing the alleged crime, the suspect fled the country and was placed on the international wanted list.
In November 2025, she was detained in Georgia and subsequently extradited to her home country at the request of the Kazakh side.
WHAT THE EXTRADITED SUSPECT IS ACCUSED OF
Investigative authorities report that in Astana, the suspect led the structure of the financial pyramid ‘World Business Consulting’. During 2018–2022, through a network of branches in various regions of Kazakhstan, it is alleged that more than 6.5 billion tenge was illegally raised under the pretext of obtaining high profits.
The materials do not specify exactly how many affected citizens are involved in the case.
JUDICIAL OUTLOOK
A number of accomplices in this criminal organisation have already been sentenced to actual terms of imprisonment. The investigation into the extradited suspect is ongoing. She is currently being held in a pre-trial detention facility.
Under the law, the crime she is accused of carries a penalty of imprisonment for up to 12 years with confiscation of property.