About Tursunbayev R.T.`s funds confiscation
On December 29, 2020, the court №2 of the Esil district of Nur-Sultan city (hereinafter referred to as the court), at the request of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the GP), in an open court hearing, based on the materials of the criminal investigation №10710104700018, issued an order on the non-conviction based confiscation of illegally obtained property of a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan Tursunbayev Rustem Turarovich, who was born on 02.07.1962.
This decree gained legal force on January 14, 2021.
According to the court order, the funds in the amount of 9,661,948.79 euros and 2,448,977.48 US dollars that are seized in the «Banque Nationale Suisse» of the Swiss Confederation are confiscated.
In accordance with an article 672 of the Criminal procedure code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter - CPC), a confiscation order can be appealed in the order prescribed by CPC.
Considering the fact that R.T.Tursunbayev is evading justice and the lack of information about his location, in accordance with an article 205 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a court hearing notice was published on November 23, 2020 on the official website and on the Facebook page of the General Prosecutor’s Office.
Due to the fact that Tursunbayev R. T. did not take part in the online court hearing at the arranged time, his interests were represented by the appointed defender.
This court order, in accordance with the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo, 2000), the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime (Strasbourg, 1990), will be sent to the competent authorities of the Swiss Confederation for its execution.
The court order is attached.
General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan