Eight suitcases of dollars thrown from apartment building in Astana, possibly linked to arrests of state company executives
Eight suitcases filled with cash were thrown from a high-rise residential building in the Atlant complex in Astana, Kazakhstani and Russian media reported, citing footage filmed by witnesses. The reports put the sum at $80 million.
Kazakhstani law enforcement agencies have not commented on reports that suitcases of money were dumped the residential complex in Astana.
The incident is believed to be linked to the detention of Nurlan Zhakupov, chairman of the board of the state fund Samruk-Kazyna, and Yelzhas Otynshiyev, head of the national railway company KTZ, in a corruption case. KTZ’s office is located near the Atlant residential complex.
As of publication, the link between the suitcases of money and the executives’ detention had not been officially confirmed.
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