Tengrinews.kz - Russia has extradited to Kazakhstan a female citizen of Uzbekistan suspected of large-scale fraud, according to the General Prosecutor's Office.
It is reported that the suspect, between 2005 and 2007, working as an accountant at a construction company in Almaty, accepted money from participants in shared construction projects and issued fake receipts for cash receipts orders related to an unfinished residential complex, which were not reflected in the accounting records.
"As a result of her actions and those of other accomplices, more than 80 residents of Almaty were harmed, with damages exceeding 3.7 billion tenge. One of the accomplices of the suspect was convicted, and after committing the crime, she fled, which led to her being placed on an international wanted list. In December of last year, she was detained in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation and then extradited to Kazakhstan at the request of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan," the statement says.
The suspect is currently held in a detention center. The crime she is accused of carries a punishment of imprisonment for a term of five to ten years, along with asset confiscation.
