Kazakh authorities are continuing a probe against Qairat Satybaldy, a nephew of the former President Nursultan Nazarbaev. Kazakhstan's anti-corruption agency said on November 2 that $230 million worth of jewelry illegally obtained by Satybaldy and his associates had been returned from abroad, adding that $300 million that Satybaldy had invested abroad will be nationalized soon. Satybaldy was sentenced to six years in prison in September on fraud and embezzlement charges. Satybaldy is the first member of the Nazarbaev family to be arrested. The Kazakh government has targeted Nazarbaev and his relatives after protests in January that left at least 238 persons dead. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Kazakh Service, click here.
Money-Laundering Case Against Jailed Nephew Of Former Kazakh President Continues
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