Kazakhstan Extradites Turkish Fraud Suspect From Montenegro
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A man is accused of stealing money allocated for the construction of residential complexes in Almaty, Orda.kz reports.
A Turkish citizen accused of large-scale fraud has been extradited from Montenegro to Kazakhstan. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Kazakhstan, he is suspected of embezzling over six billion tenge that had been intended for the construction of housing projects in Almaty.
Investigators say the man headed a construction company from 2022 to 2024 and stole the funds through fictitious contracts and transfers to the accounts of affiliated firms. He then fled abroad and was placed on an international wanted list.
The Turkish citizen was detained in Montenegro in March 2025. The authorities later secured his extradition. The suspect is now being held in a pre-trial detention facility and faces up to 10 years in prison.
Montenegro previously refused to extradite Kazakh human rights activist Dina Tansari, who is accused of fraud at home. She was detained but released after a court hearing. It later became known that she and her husband had been granted international protection.
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