ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Anticorruption Bureau on February 2 said that fugitive Kazakh tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov has been charged with the creation of an international criminal community and summoned to the bureau’s headquarters in Astana by February 10, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.
The 53-year-old former head of Kazakhstan’s BTA bank is wanted by Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine on suspicion of embezzling some $5 billion. He denies the accusation, saying the case against him is politically motivated.Kazakhstan authorities earlier charged Ablyazov with embezzlement, organizing a criminal group, illegally obtaining other people’s property, financial mishandling, money laundering, and abuse of office.Ablyazov was …read more
Source: The Times of Central Asia
