Nazarbayev’s nephew was sentenced to six years in prison

The nephew of the first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kairat Satybaldy, was sentenced to six years in prison in the theft case. He will hold them in a general regime colony, reports oorda.kz.

In court, Kairat Satybalda pleaded guilty to the crime incriminated to him, compensated for the damage of 12 billion tenge ($ 25.1 million) “Kazakhtelecom” and concluded a mediative agreement with this company, as well as with JSC “Center for the Transport Service” (which also turned out to be At the center of the financial scandal).

The process in the case of nephew Nazarbayev began on September 20 in Astana. The court, at the request of the defense party, banned the media to conduct audio and video recording of the proceedings.

On March 13, Kairat Satybalda was detained by the Anti -Corruption Service of Kazakhstan on suspicion of abuse of power and embezzlement of Kazakhtelecom funds on an especially large scale. The next day, searches were held in the capital’s office. On March 15, the court authorized the arrest of Satybalda, who then repeatedly extended. A month later, firms controlled by the businessman returned to state property a package of 28.8% of the shares of Kazakhtelecom. Now criminal cases are additionally investigated against the nephew of the first president on the facts of tax evasion and customs payments, the legalization of criminal proceeds.