Head of management company of TSUM detained for money laundering

13:08, 24 ноября 2023, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Maria ORLOVA

As part of investigative activities based on the materials of pre-trial proceedings registered on the fact of money laundering on the part of Kamchybek Asanbek (Kamchi Kolbaev), the general director of City Center LLC was detained. The press center of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) reported.

The woman was reportedly charged with committing a crime under Part 3 of Article 222 «Money laundering» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. She was placed in the temporary detention center of the State Committee for National Security.

City Center LLC is the main management company of TSUM shopping center, which is engaged in leasing retail and office space in the shopping center. «Currently, additional measures are being taken to detect distortions in reporting data provided to government bodies and to establish the amount of damage caused to the republican budget,» the SCNS said.

Earlier, the owner of TSUM shopping center Anvar Mametov (Gabbazov) was put on the international wanted list by investigative authorities. The SCNS suspects him of financing the organized crime group of Kamchi Kolbaev and money laundering.