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A suspect in a major fraud case has been extradited from Russia to Kazakhstan.

The General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan has extradited a citizen of Uzbekistan from the Russian Federation to face criminal charges for committing large-scale fraud, reports Bizmedia.kz.
Из России в Казахстан экстрадировали подозреваемую в крупном мошенничестве.

The suspect worked as an accountant at a construction company in Almaty from 2005 to 2007. While accepting payments from participants in shared construction, she issued false receipts not reflected in the accounting records for the cash receipts orders related to the unfinished construction of a residential complex.

More than 80 participants in the shared construction suffered damages exceeding 3.7 billion tenge.

One of the accomplices in this crime was apprehended and sentenced, while the suspect fled and was placed on an international wanted list. She was detained in the Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation and extradited to Kazakhstan at the request of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The suspect is currently in a detention center. The crime she committed carries a penalty of imprisonment for a term of five to ten years with confiscation of property.