A Kazakh citizen accused of large-scale tax evasion has been extradited from the Russian Federation. The suspect had been evading justice and was placed on the international wanted list, according to infohub.kz.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, the woman, while serving as director of a commercial organization, submitted distorted income information in tax declarations for 2022-2023, allowing her to evade taxes totaling more than 290 million tenge.
After committing the crime, she fled from criminal prosecution authorities and was subsequently placed on the international wanted list. In January of this year, she was detained in the city of Krasnodar and then transported to Kazakhstan.
The suspect is currently in custody at a pretrial detention facility. The crime she is accused of carries a penalty of up to eight years in prison, with a possible ban on holding certain positions or engaging in certain activities for up to three years.