"Dear Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich! Our names are Omarov Daniyar Talgatovich and Bazhezha Alexander Viktorovich. We and four other colleagues are victims of the close ties between the oligarchy and law enforcement agencies. According to the statement of Utemuratov's subordinates Alidar Bulatovich, in our opinion, a criminal case for T1.5 billion is being fabricated against us," Omarov and Bazhezha said in their video message, which they addressed to Tokayev. According to them, three years ago they worked in an LLP that was organizing the construction of a villa for Alidar Utemuratov's family in Almaty.
"We personally coordinated the contractors and their work with the future owner of the villa. All work we organized was completed according to the contracts, on time and accepted after the author's and technical supervision. However, we are accused of embezzling T1.5 billion. Firstly, this figure is not confirmed by objective and professional calculations. Therefore, we consider it far-fetched. Moreover, we do not have and have not had even the smallest part of this amount - either in cash or in any other form - so that we could be suspected of anything. Secondly, all the expenses declared by the contractors were personally approved by Alidar Utemuratov. The LLC did not have its own money. Funds for payment to the contractors were received exactly in the amounts agreed upon by Utemuratov and sent to the contractors," the men added.
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