The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Belarus provided assistance.
From January 2022 to August 2023, in the city of Turkestan, an offender, acting as part of a group, deceived 13 citizens under the pretext of helping them obtain free monetary grants for starting a business, stealing over 10 million tenge from them.
A co-conspirator has already been convicted; however, the main suspect fled after committing the crime and was placed on the international wanted list.
In October 2024, he was apprehended in Belarus, after which he was extradited to his home country at the request of the General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan.
The suspect is currently held in a pre-trial detention center in Astana. For this crime, he faces a prison sentence ranging from three to seven years, along with the confiscation of property.