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In a recent court ruling, Perizat Kaiarat and Gaiyni Alashbaeva, two individuals who were the heads of the liquidated charity fund "Biz birgemiz Qazaqstan 2030", have been found guilty of large-scale fraud and money laundering.
Perizat Kaiarat, the former head of the charity fund, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Gaiyni Alashbaeva received a seven-year sentence for aiding and abetting the fraudulent activities. The verdicts against both individuals have not yet come into force.
The confiscated property of Perizat Kaiarat is worth 1 billion tenge. As a result of their convictions, both Perizat Kaiarat and Gaiyni Alashbaeva are prohibited from engaging in charitable activities.
The Committee of the Penal System of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has stated that the law does not regulate the placement of relatives in prison, but there is an exception for co-defendants in the same crime, who are housed separately. However, no information has been provided about the specific prison where Perizat Kaiarat and Gaiyni Alashbaeva will serve their sentences. It is known that they will serve their sentences in medium-security institutions, and currently, they are housed in separate cells.
After the verdict was announced, Perizat Kaiarat's lawyer, Aslanbek Davletyarov, spoke to journalists and answered questions. The Committee of the Penal System of the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not provide further details about the internal regulations of the penitentiary system or specific prison management policies, which might clarify whether co-defendants can be housed together in prison facilities.
Kazakhstan’s criminal code and judicial practices regulate sentencing and incarceration conditions, including conditional parole and special provisions for certain categories. However, there is no publicly available legal basis or regulation that explicitly allows or forbids co-defendants in the same crime to be housed together in prison. Information about prisoner placement typically revolves around serving sentences close to family residence, but not necessarily provisions for co-defendant co-housing.
In the absence of clear regulations, the specific circumstances of each case and the internal policies of the penitentiary system will determine whether co-defendants can be housed together. As the situation develops, more information may become available regarding the housing arrangements for Perizat Kaiarat and Gaiyni Alashbaeva.
The controversy surrounding the housing of Perizat Kaiarat and Gaiyni Alashbaeva, convicted of fraud and money laundering, has sparked discussions in the fields of general-news and crime-and-justice. Despite the Penal System Committee's statement that prison placement for co-defendants in the same crime is not regulated, questions remain about whether they will be housed together due to the lack of clear regulations. The upcoming details about the housing arrangements for Perizat Kaiarat and Gaiyni Alashbaeva will have significant implications for Kazakhstan's prison system politics.
