US subject accused of swindling in Kyrgyzstan detained in Alma Ata.

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BISHKEK, April 21 (Itar-Tass) - A U.S. subject, former top executive
of MGN Group, accused of swindling in the Central Asian republic of
Kyrgyzstan was detained in Alma Ata, the capital of neighbouring
Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz AKI-press news agency said on Wednesday.
According to AKI-press, Kyrgyzstan has issued an arrest warrant for
Yevgeny Gurevich, MGN Group's former director general, and the issue of
his extradition is now being settled.
Kygryzstan's interim government says Gurevich was involved in
large-scale financial machinations of top-ranking officials and relatives
of Kyrgyzstan's ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
By previous concert with ex-president's son Maxim, the director of KR
Development Fund transferred 225,000,300 U.S. dollars to Gurevich's
company, MGN Asset Management (a MGN Group subsidiary), Kyrgyz media
reported referring to the country's Prosecutor General's Office. Gurevich
used the money to buy and sell securities on stock exchanges outside the
country.
According to deputy prime minister of Kyrgyzstan's interim government
Almazbek Atambayev, Gurevich, who headed several companies, "happened to
be wanted by Italian police." "He was an international venturer,"
Atambayev added.
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