The accountant of an Almaty construction firm has been extradited from Russia.

“The suspect, during the period from 2005 to 2007, worked as an accountant at a construction company in Almaty. She accepted funds from participants in shared construction and issued false receipts that were not recorded in the accounting documents for incoming cash orders related to an unfinished residential complex. As a result of her actions and those of other accomplices, over 80 residents of Almaty suffered damages amounting to more than 3.7 billion tenge,” the supervisory authority stated.

One of the accomplices of the suspect has been convicted, and after committing the crime, she went into hiding, which led to her being placed on an international wanted list.

In December of last year, the wanted individual was apprehended in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation and subsequently extradited to Kazakhstan at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

“Currently, the suspect has been placed in a detention center. The crime she is charged with carries a penalty of imprisonment for a term of five to ten years, along with the confiscation of property,” the Prosecutor General's Office explained.