Kazakhstan's Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM) has determined that apartments in Dubai owned by relatives of convicted activist Perizat Qairat were not purchased with criminally obtained funds. The family members bought and resold real estate independently of the activist, infohub.kz reports.
The agency explained that the theory that the assets of Qairat's relatives were bought with her criminal proceeds was investigated but not confirmed. During the investigation, AFM officers conducted a detailed analysis of all financial transactions and reconstructed the full picture of the laundering of embezzled funds.
It emerged that Qairat spent misappropriated donations from her charity fund on cars, apartments, designer goods and jewelry, business-class flights and stays in luxury hotels, restaurant meals and entertainment venues.
No financial settlements with her family were identified. Moreover, the real estate mentioned in last week's publications was acquired back in 2011–2019 — long before the creation of the "Biz Birgemiz Qazaqstan 2030" fund and the start of Qairat's criminal activity.
"In general, the A. spouses have been buying and reselling real estate for over 20 years. They lived and conducted their business separately from P. Qairat and her mother," the agency noted.
The AFM recalled that arrest and confiscation of property are permitted only when there is evidence of its criminal origin. The mere fact of kinship with suspects does not provide legal grounds for criminal prosecution and seizure of assets.
On July 25, 2025, a specialized inter-district criminal court delivered its verdict in the case of Perizat Qairat and Gaini Alashbayeva. The court found them guilty of fraud and money laundering.
Qairat was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Her mother received 7 years. They are also banned from charitable activities. Material damage, to be paid jointly to 50 victims, amounted to 1,582,649,591 tenge.
Recall that Perizat Qairat was convicted of embezzling funds intended for flood victims and misappropriating more than 200 million tenge collected for residents of Palestine. The activist spent donations on expensive cars, elite real estate, jewelry, clothing and vacations abroad.
Earlier, Kursiv wrote that Qairat's luxury car fleet had already been fully distributed among law enforcement agencies: the AFM reserved a Lexus LX 600 SUV, a Mercedes-Benz S450 sedan and a Haval H6 GT went to the Astana police department, and a Shymkent economic crimes department took a Mercedes-Benz EQE 500 luxury crossover.