15:32, 14 ноября 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Nargiza TOKOEVA
Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiev reported at a meeting of the Parliament that former deputy head of the Customs Service Raiymbek Matraimov paid $200 million to the state budget, which is equal to 17 billion soms.
He recalled that Raiymbek Matraimov was detained eight months ago. A criminal case was opened against him on three charges — for illegal crossing of the state border, hooliganism, and money laundering.
«$200 million is not $2 million. Deputies who are engaged in business know what kind of money this is. He paid not only in cash, but also in property. The property that we took from him was examined, specialists assessed everything,» Kamchybek Tashiev said.
He told that a 14-story business center in Bishkek was taken away from Raiymbek Matraimov, where a hospital for law enforcement agencies will be organized. It was valued at $53 million, and the state took it for $32 million. In addition, he built apartment buildings together with Ihlas company in Osh city. These apartments were taken away at a price of $1,200 per square meter, when they were sold for $1,200-1,500.