Kazakhstan students suspected of fraud may be apprehended at U.S. border

Kazakhstan students suspected of tax return fraud in the U.S., will be apprehended at their first attempt to cross the U.S. border, Tengrinews.kz reports citing the official representative of Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry Altai Abibullayev. “According to the information of the American party, none of the Kazakhstan students accused on this case have either been arrested or apprehended. In case of any attempt to cross the border of the United States, the suspects will be apprehended by the U.S. law-enforcement authorities,” Abibullayev commented the situation with 11 Kazakhstan students. The official representative of Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry based his comments on the information of the representative of the U.S. Department of State. Earlier Tengrinews.kz English reported that 11 Kazakhstan students got involved in fraud in the U.S. They were laundering money illegally received by Russian citizen Pyotr Murmylyuk from trustful Americans. According to the latest information of the U.S. law-enforcement authorities, most of these students left the United States after committing the crime and they were accused durante absentia. By Assel Satayeva