Spain to extradite BTA Bank ex-CEO’s security chiefNational Court of Spain confirmed its decision to extradite the chief of security of the former BTA Bank CEO Mukhtar Ablyazov, Aleksandr Pavlov, EFE agency reports on Friday.17:11 08.11.2013
Ablyazov's close associate to remain in detention - reportMoscow's Tverskoy District Court has extended until February the detention on fraud and money laundering charges of Yelena Tischenko, a close associate of Kazakh billionaire and former chairman of the board of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.10:55 31.10.2013
BTA Bank ex-CEO's associate to stay in detention until pays $439 mlnYelena Tischenko, a close associate of Kazakh billionaire and former chairman of the board of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov detained on fraud and money laundering charges, has been denied parole.11:06 21.10.2013
French court refuses to release jailed former BTA Bank CEO – reportA French appeals court has once again rejected an application filed by former BTA Bank CEO Mukhtar Ablyazov to be released from custody pending the outcome of extradition proceedings.16:40 03.10.2013
Over 60% of litigants in London court come from abroad – expertEnglish courts are playing host to an increasing number of international claims, including many from Russia and the CIS countries, London-based litigation partner Jeremy Cole of Hogan Lovells explained during a fraud panel hosted by RAPSI Wednesday.18:28 25.09.2013
Moscow court orders detention of Kazakh oligarch's associate in fraud caseMoscow's Tverskoy District Court ordered the detention of Yelena Tischenko, a close associate of Kazakh billionaire and former chairman of the board of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, on fraud and money laundering charges.15:54 03.09.2013
Lawyer working for fugitive ex-head of BTA Bank detained in Moscow - reportMoscow police detained lawyer Yelena Tischenko, who has been working for Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh billionaire and former board chairman of BTA Bank.11:10 02.09.2013
Russia asks France to extradite fugitive ex-head of BTA BankRussia's Prosecutor General's Office has made a request to France to extradite Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh billionaire and former board chairman of BTA Bank, says Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Zvyagintsev.10:57 21.08.2013
New cases initiated against fugitive ex-head of BTA BankFinancial Police Agency of Kazakhstan has initiated eight new cases against Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh billionaire and former board chairman of BTA Bank, and other former bank managers, Murat Zhumanbay, financial police spokesman, said at a briefing in Astana on Wednesday.12:36 07.08.2013
Kazakhstan set on extraditing ex-banker Ablyazov - prosecutorsKazakhstan will use all legal means to return fugitive banker and former minister Mukhtar Ablyazov to his home country, following his arrest in France last week, prosecutors said on Tuesday.12:07 06.08.2013
Amnesty International warns France that Ablyazov may be tortured if extraditedAmnesty International urged French authorities Thursday to refrain from extraditing fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov to any country that may send him to Kazakhstan, warning that he may be subject to torture and unfair trial there.10:54 02.08.2013
Fugitive BTA Bank ex-head arrested in France - reportMukhtar Ablyazov, a former banker from Kazakhstan and an opponent of Kazakh authorities, has been arrested in the south of France, media quoted his family’s lawyer as saying.10:25 01.08.2013
Kazakhastan may allow the wife of fugitive BTA Bank ex-CEO to return to ItalyKazakhstan may allow Alma Shalabayeva, the wife of former BTA Bank Chairman of the Board Mukhtar Ablyazov, to return to Italy, the country from which she was deported this past May, says Kazakh Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov.14:27 23.07.2013
ECHR decision regarding former BTA Bank employee comes into forceThe decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of Veronika Yefimova, who claimed that Russia violated her rights in relation to her arrest and detention pending extradition to Kazakhstan, where she faced charges of large-scale embezzlement at BTA Bank, has come into force.11:24 10.07.2013
BTA Bank's 254.7 million euro debt claim rejectedThe Federal Commercial Court of the Moscow District has upheld a previous ruling to reject Kazakhstan-based BTA Bank's claim to recover 254.7 million euros from Megagroup under a guarantee agreement.16:55 09.07.2013
Fake Kyrgyz passport was issued to fugitive ex-head of BTA BankThe State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan has officially confirmed that a Kyrgyz passport was illegally issued to Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh billionaire and former board chairman of BTA Bank who is wanted for embezzlement.10:43 02.07.2013
Wife of fugitive BTA bank chairman covicted for using forged documentsAlma Shalabayeva, the wife of former board chairman of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, has been handed down a non-custodial sentence. In early June, Mukhtar Ablyazov's wife and daughter were deported from Italy to Kazakhstan for holding false passports12:03 07.06.2013
Russian police wrap investigation of $80 mln BTA Bank embezzlementA probe into the attempted embezzlement of 2.5 billion rubles (approximately $80 million) from BTA Bank has reached completion, Russia’s Interior Ministry reported on Tuesday.18:14 21.05.2013
AMT Bank allocates $48 million for payments to creditorsThe AMT Bank has allocated 1.47 billion rubles ($47.6 million) for payments to creditors, the state-controlled Deposit Insurance Agency reported on Wednesday.19:16 27.03.2013
London court grants BTA Bank ownership shares in Russian portFinding that Cypriot shell company Usarel Investments Ltd. had knowingly helped disgraced Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov defraud BTA Bank during his former tenure as its chairman, London’s High Court of Justice held Tuesday that Usarel is liable under Kazakh law to deliver most of its ownership shares in Russia’s Vitino Port to BTA Bank.10:53 20.03.2013