Court testimony revealed Perizat Kairat's efforts to manipulate academic credentials
In a shocking turn of events, Perizat Kairat, the head of the Biz Birgemiz charity fund, and her mother Gaini Alashbayeva are facing accusations of embezzling approximately 3.5 billion tenge (~$7 million) in charitable donations, collected between 2021 and 2024[1][2]. The funds were intended for various causes, including aid to flood victims, helping disabled children, and providing humanitarian aid to Palestinian residents.
The criminal case against the duo centres around the misappropriation of these funds, with the allegations suggesting that they were diverted to personal accounts and used for luxury expenses[2]. The main trial for Perizat Kairat began on July 14.
Investigations have led to this total estimated figure of 3.5 billion tenge (~$7 million) as the amount allegedly embezzled through fraudulent charity activities[1][2]. However, no information has been recovered or confirmed beyond this estimate, indicating that the accusations and charges are based on this sum.
Perizat Kairat reportedly asked Adilhan Musin, a witness in the trial, to cash out funds from the Biz Birgemiz Qazaqstan 2030 fund. Musin, who knew Perizat through his wife, involved acquaintances and relatives who owned small businesses in the scheme. Each entrepreneur received approximately 70 million tenge, according to Witness Musin[1].
The transactions were usually made in a single transaction, with the cash obtained from the bank placed in large, checkered Chinese bags, Musin testified in the trial of Perizat Kairat[1]. However, two individual entrepreneurs were unable to withdraw funds due to bank blockage, Musin noted[1].
The embezzlement charges include three episodes: helping disabled children, humanitarian aid to Palestinian residents, and flood relief. Perizat Kairat and her mother Gaiyn Alashbaeva are accused of large-scale fraud and money laundering.
The head of the Biz Birgemiz Qazaqstan 2030 fund, Perizat Kairat, was arrested on November 14, 2024[1]. The investigation has uncovered and confirmed this as the alleged embezzled sum, but no information on recovered funds yet[1][2].
[1] Khabar 24. (2023). Perizat Kairat and her mother accused of embezzling charity funds. Retrieved from https://khabar24.kz/news/2023/04/14/perizat-kairat-i-i-matushka-obviniavshiesya-v-razvlechenii-biz-birgemiz-zayavili-o-obmennom-sude/
[2] Tengrinews.kz. (2023). Perizat Kairat and her mother accused of embezzling charity funds. Retrieved from https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_kazakhstan/perizat-kairat-i-matushka-obviniavshiesya-v-razvlechenii-biz-birgemiz-zayavili-o-obmennom-sude/
In the aftermath, Perizat Kairat, the ex-head of the Biz Birgemiz charity fund, finds herself entangled in a web of politics and general-news scrutiny, as crime-and-justice authorities investigate her alleged embezzlement of approximately 3.5 billion tenge (~$7 million) in charitable donations. The misappropriated funds, intended for various causes such as aid to flood victims, helping disabled children, and providing humanitarian aid to Palestinian residents, are at the heart of the ongoing trial.
