Monday, February 13, 2012

Kazakhstan

Senior Managers Of Kazakh Nurbank Suspected Of Fraud

February 6, 2007 -- Kazakh police say they are investigating the former chairman of the board of commercial bank Nurbank, Abilmazhen Gilimov, and a deputy on suspicion of fraud.

Central Asia: Are Kazakh Banks Getting In Over Their Heads?

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February 06, 2007

The chief of financial police in Almaty, Vladimir Kurbatov, today said Gilimov was being questioned by police, while Zholdas Timraliev was in hiding.

On February 5, Gilimov's and Timraliev's wives said they had not returned home since the end of January.

They said their husbands quit Nurbank after disagreeing with the man who controls the bank, Rakhat Aliev.

The two wives accused Aliev, who is also President Nursultan Nazarbaev's son-in-law, of involvement in their abduction.

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Reports say a police unit in Turkmenistan this week was named after the father of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. State-run media reportedly describe it as a gesture to honor Myalikguly Berdymukhammedov's years of service to Turkmenistan's Interior Ministry and "his efforts in educating the younger generation." More