Monday17 March 2025
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Another blogger is suspected of extortion in Kazakhstan.

The police in the Kostanay region have detained a blogger on suspicion of extortion, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The investigation believes that the influencer blackmailed a businessman by threatening to post compromising information on social media.
В Казахстане возникли подозрения в вымогательстве у очередного блогера.

“Using blackmail and threats of publishing compromising material on social media, he extorted a significant sum of money from the entrepreneur,” — is stated in the message.

The police have arrested and placed the blogger in temporary detention. His name has not been disclosed.

It is known that during a search, the man was found with 15 million tenge. The investigation is being conducted under the article on extortion.

Previously, “Kursiv” reported that two bloggers and an entrepreneur were detained for extortion in Almaty. The KazTAG publication noted that the bloggers in question are Damir Kusheev and Ruslan Karimov. They are suspected of extorting 28 million tenge.