Perizat Kairat: New Details Emerge

New details have emerged in the criminal case against Perizat Kairat. From 2021 to 2024, she collected donations under the guise of charity but used the money for personal purposes. The total amount embezzled is estimated at 3.5 billion tenge, Orda reports.

The Financial Monitoring Agency reports that through the public association Biz Birgemiz Qazaqstan 2030, Kairat urged Kazakhstanis to donate to support children affected by floods in the regions and to help residents of Palestine. The collected funds were transferred to her personal accounts or those of her mother, Gaini Alashbayeva. 

The funds were spent on cars, apartments, expensive jewelry, branded clothing, travel, and car rentals.

From April to November 2024 alone, Kairat raised 2.8 billion tenge under the pretense of flood relief and embezzled the entire amount. To launder the funds, she signed fictitious contracts to supply yurts, boats, household appliances, and other goods that were never purchased.

In January 2024, she used money intended for aid to Palestine to purchase a flower shop for 23 million tenge. On paper, she declared the price as two million. The business brought in an additional 69 million tenge in income.

Kairat used stolen funds to buy four cars, four apartments, a private house, a land plot, a non-residential building, and a luxury Rolex watch. Authorities have seized property totaling 865 million tenge.

Her mother, Gaini Alashbayeva, is charged with participating in the fraud and laundering the funds. She is currently under house arrest. The investigation continues.

Despite legal obligations, the fund never published financial reports or audit results. To gain public trust, its name may have been deliberately chosen to resemble the Birgemiz platform associated with Halyk Bank.

There are nine other founders of the fund, some of whom are linked to the AMANAT party. The party has publicly denied any affiliation. Many activists, bloggers, and public figures expressed outrage, as they had raised funds for the organization or promoted donations.

Perizat Kairat previously worked in an Akimat, with NGOs, and headed the Table Tennis Federation. She was removed from that post following the launch of the criminal case. 

Investigators are examining her financial transactions and personal connections, including suspected money laundering through relatives and acquaintances.

Original Author: Artyom Volkov