A citizen of Kazakhstan suspected of large-scale fraud has been extradited from Georgia. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, the suspect, between January 2021 and February 2022, in the city of Atyrau, under the pretext of assisting in the purchase of an apartment in Cyprus, fraudulently embezzled 100 million tenge from a Kazakh woman.
After committing the crime, the suspect went into hiding, and an international search was launched. In June 2026, he was detained in Georgia and extradited to Kazakhstan.
Currently, the suspect has been placed in a pre-trial detention center. If found guilty, he faces confiscation of property and deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to ten years.
Additionally, he could face up to ten years in prison.