Olzhas Tokhtarov

Olzhas Tokhtarov is a former chairman of the board and majority shareholder of Bank Astana, who was recently sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison for theft under the guise of providing agency services and illegally transferring assets to companies he controlled. His actions, which included the misappropriation of significant assets during a pre-bankruptcy period, led to a conviction that also involved the confiscation of properties, securities, and cryptocurrencies totaling over 14 billion tenge.