Artur Khaldarov, co-founder of Ala-TV LLC, was detained as part of the criminal case on money laundering, the defendants in which are employees of Keremet Bank. Own sources informed 24.kg news agency.
According to preliminary data, Artur Khaldarov was transported under guard from Russia.
«It is known that Artur Khaldarov was detained by the Prosecutor General’s Office and transported to Bishkek. He was placed in the temporary detention center of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital,» the sources said.
Earlier, the Prosecutor General’s Office initiated a criminal case under the articles «Money laundering», «Fraud» and «Forgery of documents» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. Investigators of the supervisory authority detained the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the bank Maksat Dadybaev, two employees of the financial institution, as well as the director of its Bishkek branch. The deputy head of the Board was placed in the guardroom of the capital’s garrison, the rest — in the remand center 1 in Bishkek. Later, Timur Dzhusupov, a former member of the Board of the National Bank, was also detained.
The founder of Ala-TV LLC, Artur Khaldarov, was found guilty in 2021 in another criminal case — on the sale of radio frequencies. He was sentenced to a fine of 280,000 soms.
