Kairat Kozhamzharov. Photo: gov.kz
The Medeu District Court in Almaty has frozen the assets of two relatives of former Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Kairat Kozhamzharov — Dulat Kozhamzharov and Gulnaz Kozhamzharova, Tengrinews.kz reports.
The ruling was issued in connection with a lawsuit filed by Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan totaling 2.63 billion tenge ($5.2 million).
In addition to the family’s assets, the court ordered the seizure of “all movable and immovable property” belonging to four companies: Oil Snab Group LLP, HILL Resources LLP, HILL Invest LLP, and AvtoTechMas Ltd.
According to Forbes Kazakhstan, Dulat Kozhamzharov ranks among the country’s 75 wealthiest businesspeople (57th place in 2024). His assets are estimated at $110 million. His company Hill Corporation is a major manufacturer of lubricants in Shymkent and is currently building a similar plant in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
Dulat Kozhamzharov is the brother of Kairat Kozhamzharov, one of the most influential security officials of the Nazarbayev era. Over the years, he headed Kazakhstan’s anti-corruption agencies, served as Prosecutor General, Secretary of the Security Council, and later as a senator.
In September, the Prosecutor General’s Office announced an investigation into Kairat Kozhamzharov on charges of abuse of office and money laundering. According to investigators, these crimes may have been committed “during various periods of his time in senior positions.”
Several individuals from his close circle have also come under investigation in recent months. In July, Talgat Tatubaev, former head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, was detained on charges of torture under Article 146(2) of the Criminal Code.
Earlier this summer, another Kozhamzharov associate — former head of the Special Prosecutor’s Service, Olesya Keksel — was named a suspect in a torture case. An earlier case against her was closed, but a new investigation was later opened.
Former chief transport prosecutor Maksat Duysenov, another Kozhamzharov subordinate, has been placed on a wanted list. He is suspected of abuse of office, bribery, and money laundering.
According to the newspaper Vremya (September 3 report), Duysenov is outside Kazakhstan — as is Kairat Kozhamzharov. The former prosecutor general has reportedly applied for Russian citizenship and was recently seen in Moscow.
Little public information is available about Gulnaz Kozhamzharova, though Tengrinews.kz identifies her as a relative of the former Prosecutor General.
