A suspect in a large-scale property appropriation case extradited from Türkiye to Kazakhstan
Currently, the suspect is being held in a pretrial detention center in Astana
Today, with the support of the Kazakh Embassy in Türkiye, officials from the Prosecutor General’s Office and Interpol of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan extradited a Kazakh citizen from Türkiye to face charges of misappropriating entrusted property on an especially large scale.
The suspect, who worked as an accountant for a commercial organization in Almaty, is accused of embezzling approximately 27 million tenge by falsifying payment orders between 2022 and 2023.
After committing the crime, the suspect fled the country and was placed on an international wanted list. She was arrested in Türkiye in August of this year and later handed over to Kazakh authorities at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Currently, the suspect is being held in a pretrial detention center in Astana. If convicted, she faces a prison sentence of seven to twelve years, along with the confiscation of her property.
