Eight suitcases of banknotes were thrown into the street from a high-rise residential building in the Atlant complex in Astana. This was reported by Tengrinews and other Kazakh media, which published footage from eyewitnesses.
According to the reports, the suitcases contained around $80 million. Kazakhstan's law enforcement agencies have not yet commented on the reports of money thrown out near the residential complex.
The incident may be linked to the detention of Nurlan Zhakupov, chairman of the management board of the state fund Samruk-Kazyna, and Yelzhas Otynshiyev, head of the national railway company KTZ, in a corruption case. The KTZ office is located next to the Atlant residential complex.
However, at the time of publication, no link between the suitcases found and the detention of the company executives had been officially confirmed.
