The international hunt for the leaders of Kazakhstan's largest shadow sex resource Kyzdar.net has reached a new level. As Kursiv learned, in early July, during a joint special operation in Georgia, a key foreign top manager of the platform was detained. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in response to an official request from the publication. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
While mass detentions of beneficiaries and IT administrators of the resource were taking place in Kazakhstan, one of the foreign managers coordinated the site's work from abroad. However, he failed to evade prosecution.
"In early July of this year, with the assistance of the NCB Interpol, a foreign citizen who was on the international wanted list, being a site manager and connected with the case defendants, was detained in Georgia. The issue of his extradition to the Republic of Kazakhstan is currently being resolved," the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan officially reported.
The department emphasized that mechanisms of international legal assistance have been launched jointly with the General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan. The goal of Kazakh law enforcement is not only to extradite the manager but also to obtain electronic evidence from foreign colleagues and to conduct procedural actions regarding the server infrastructure of Kyzdar.net, which is physically hidden outside Kazakhstan.
The detention in Georgia occurred against the backdrop of another important court proceeding. The Ministry of Internal Affairs disclosed the results of the case in the North Kazakhstan Region (NKR).
In June 2026, the Specialized Interdistrict Criminal Court of the NKR issued a guilty verdict against six "top" managers of Kyzdar.net who had deployed the resource's activities in the country.
The court found them guilty not just of procuring, but of creating and participating in a transnational organized group (Article 264 of the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan), as well as legalizing (laundering) money obtained by criminal means (Article 218).
"One convict was sentenced to 10 years in prison, the other five to 8 years in prison with confiscation of property," the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
Since the Kyzdar.net empire generated illegal income amounting to billions of tenge, and the main settlements were conducted in digital assets, elite units were brought into the case.
The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by an interdepartmental group involving employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the special unit "Krypton" of the Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM). This crypto-special forces unit specializes in tracking blockchain transactions and de-anonymizing crypto wallets.
Currently, "Krypton" is conducting a total audit of financial flows, property assets, and accounts of both the defendants themselves and affiliated individuals and legal entities. All found funds and assets have been seized as collateral for subsequent confiscation to state revenue. The investigation continues.
Recall that the owners of Kyzdar.net were found to have dozens of luxury cars, apartments, cottages, and land plots. According to the investigation, the suspects have registered 8 companies, 5 apartments, 6 commercial premises, 6 cottages, 10 land plots, 6 parking spaces, and 11 luxury cars.
During the investigation, 144 million tenge in cash, over 1.3 million dollars (including over 300 thousand dollars in cryptocurrency), weapons with ammunition, and about 150 units of equipment were seized.
Earlier, Kursiv wrote that despite reports from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Prosecutor's Office about the suppression of the Kyzdar.net website and the arrest of its organizers, the resource continues to operate. Kazakhstani citizens can still access it via VPN.