Nazarbayev's Right-Hand Man: Attempt Made to Sell Former Asset to Foreigners

The Nikolsky Bazaar in Almaty was to be illegally sold to foreign investors. Yeldos Kospayev's brother owns this asset, but the court ordered its confiscation, Orda.kz reports. 

The investigation into the case of the organized crime group of Yeldos Kospayev has been completed.

The organized crime group was accused of raider seizures of companies, including LLP AV-Construction, Glass Factory, Shalkar 17, and others. The court seized the property and land. Among other things, the Nikolsky market in Almaty, which belongs to LLP Nikolsky Investment, was confiscated.

The founder of this company is listed as Aidos Kospayev, Yeldos's brother.

The Financial Monitoring Agency reports that the market, which is valued at more than two billion tenge, was attempted to be illegally sold to foreigners.

In September of this year, false data was entered into the Government for Citizens database, and the asset was lifted from seizure. And a month later, property worth 2.2 billion tenge was re-registered to fictitious persons to be sold to foreign investors, FMA reported.

The Financial Monitoring Agency is investigating the illegal sale of the seized property subject to confiscation by court decision.

Three people have been detained in the case; they are currently in custody. FMA adds that these defendants were previously convicted of fraud.

They also identified an accomplice who prepared forged documents for the illegal sale.

One of the oldest bazaars in Almaty previously belonged to the brother of the country's ex-president.

As Orda.kz previously found out, Bolat Nazarbayev received the state act for the private ownership right of the land plot of the Nikolsky Bazaar at the end of 2013. 

As for Nikolsky Investment LLC, the company was registered in November 2021. Possibly in the same year, Nikolsky Bazaar became Kospayevs' property.

The main trial of the organized crime group of Yeldos Kospayev, who was called the "Lyudoed," (the man-eater - Ed.) began in September. It was decided that the trial should be conducted behind closed doors.

There are 11 defendants in the case, accused of raiding, embezzlement, creating a criminal organization, forgery of documents, and several other articles.

Original Author: Zarina Fayzulina