A citizen of Kazakhstan suspected of large-scale fraud has been extradited from Georgia to his home country, reports infohub.kz.
According to the official Telegram channel of the Prosecutor General's Office, today the agency's officers and Interpol of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan brought the suspect from Georgia.
According to the investigation, between January 2021 and February 2022 in Atyrau, he defrauded a female citizen of Kazakhstan of over 100 million tenge by promising to help purchase an apartment in Cyprus and receiving money transfers.
After committing the crime, the suspect fled and was placed on the international wanted list. In June 2026, he was detained in Georgia, from where he was extradited to Kazakhstan at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office.
The suspect has been placed in a pre-trial detention center. The crime carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property and possible deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to ten years.