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Kazakh ex-leader's nephew sentenced to 6 years for embezzlement

FILE PHOTO: Kazakhstan's former President Nursultan Nazarbayev takes part in the opening of a new mosque in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Turar Kazangapov/File Photo

A Kazakh court on Monday sentenced a nephew of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev to six years in prison for embezzlement, the first verdict against a close relative of the once powerful leader of the oil-rich Central Asian nation.

The court found businessman Kairat Satybaldy guilty of embezzling money from state-owned companies.

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