A suspect has been extradited from Montenegro for fraud

Employees of the Prosecutor General's Office and the National Interpol Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with the assistance of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Montenegro, extradited a Turkish citizen from the named country to face criminal charges for embezzlement of funds on an especially large scale.

The investigation found that the said person, being the head of a construction company, stole over 6 billion tenge intended for the construction of residential complexes in Almaty from 2022 to 2024 by concluding fictitious contracts and transferring funds through affiliated organizations.

After committing the crime, the suspect fled, and was therefore put on the international wanted list.

In March 2025, he was identified and subsequently detained in Montenegro, from where, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, he was extradited to Kazakhstan.

Currently, the suspect has been placed in a pre-trial detention center.

The penalty for committing the alleged crime is imprisonment for up to 10 years, with confiscation of property.

 

Press Service of the Prosecutor General's Office