Fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov wanted in Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine on multiple charges
ASTANA. January 10. KAZINFORM Former chairman of BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov is wanted in Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine on multiple charges, the press service of the Kazakh General Prosecutor's Office said in its statement Friday.
The fugitive Kazakh banker was put on the wanted list back in March 2009 on multiple charges, but mainly for embezzling millions of dollars from his former bank in Kazakhstan.
Russia and Ukraine issued the international arrest warrants for Ablyazov on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
Mukhtar Ablyazov was detained on the territory of France in July 2013 and was kept under guard ever since.
"We've learnt from foreign mass media, a court in Aix-en-Provence, France ruled on January 9, 2014, Ablyazov should be extradited to Russia or Ukraine. According to the French laws, he and his lawyers have five days to appeal the Thursday's ruling," the statement of the Kazakh General Prosecutor's Office says.