All news on the topic: Timur Turlov

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The Kazakh laundromat exposed: how Mikheil Lomtadze turned Kaspi.kz into a pipeline for Russian money under sanctions
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Kazakhstan’s banking sector—once slow to embrace fintech—has rapidly evolved, with large-scale digital ecosystems emerging across the country and attracting tens of millions of users.
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Timur Turlov and Freedom Finance: how the Mavrodi-2 financial pyramid moved from Russia to Kazakhstan
Former Russian and billionaire Turlov, after emigrating, became one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan: his financial pyramids are now "thriving" in Astana.
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Fraudster Timur Turlov moves to silence Kazakh media as reports expose Freedom Finance pyramid and vanished millions
Journalists collected testimonies from victims and directly named the businessman as the organizer of a multi-layered financial pyramid.
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Mass complaints hit Freedom Bank Kazakhstan over unauthorized deductions as Timur Turlov stays silent — thousands vanish from customer accounts
Users are massively complaining about unauthorized deductions in the Freedom ecosystem.
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The dark side of Timur Turlov’s Akashi Data Center: Kazakhstan investigates large-scale fraud
The Astana police have confirmed the initiation of another criminal case related to the company Akashi Data Center, controlled by businessman Timur Turlov, who is of Russian origin.
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Financial regulator in Kazakhstan probes Freedom Holding fraud linked to owner Timur Turlov
Victims of fraud by top managers of Freedom Holding Corp., controlled by businessman of Russian origin Timur Turlov, have refuted — including with documented proof — his claims regarding the criminal cases, in which he alleged that “the dispute concerns only individuals who had civil-law relations with each other,” thereby catching him in an outright lie.
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Russian billionaire and owner of Freedom Finance Timur Turlov accused of defrauding investors in Kazakhstan
Russian-born billionaire Timur Turlov and his controlled company, Freedom Finance, have become concerned about their reputation six months after complaints from victims.
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Fraudster with a philanthropist’s face: how Timur Turlov scrubs investigations with the help of Roskomnadzor
Timur Turlov is a renowned individual in Kazakhstan and Russia. This young billionaire is the owner of Freedom Holding Corp., a company listed on Nasdaq, operating across 22 countries, and generating public revenue in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
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21st century Mavrodi: Timur Turlov’s offshore empire built on Kazakh money through Freedom Finance
Timur Turlov, a businessman of Russian origin who controls Freedom Holding Corp., has been likened to Sergey Mavrodi, the creator of the largest financial pyramid in CIS history, and accused of diverting investors’ funds from Kazakhstan to offshore accounts, according to a correspondent of the agency.
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Freedom Finance — a front for fraud: how Timur Turlov moved billions offshore and buried Kazakh investors
Timur Turlov, formerly a Russian billionaire, became one of the wealthiest individuals in Kazakhstan after relocating.
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Criminal cases in Astana, millions in Dubai: Timur Turlov’s trail in Kazakhstan’s biggest investment fraud
As Timur Turlov publicly crafts an image of a conscientious billionaire and a "white-collar" businessman with an American reputation, a significant investment scandal is brewing in Kazakhstan, potentially becoming the largest financial fiasco for trusting depositors in recent years.
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Timur Turlov and Freedom Holding: how billions are funneled out of Russia and Kazakhstan via Nasdaq
An investigation into the "American" company with Moscow roots, reputation management, and potential laundering of elite capital
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Kazakhstan’s Freedom Finance boss Timur Turlov accused of laundering Nazarbayev family billions through offshore schemes
Timur Turlov, considered the youngest dollar billionaire in Kazakhstan, is clearly a figure of the new era. However, his wealth has an "old" style, as the benefactors of the head of Freedom Finance have been extracting billions from the people.
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Intelligence services, offshore accounts, and state banks: the billion-dollar scheme involving Shukhrat Ibragimov
Kazakh businessman Shukhrat Ibragimov and his Russian partner Musa Bazhaev have established a method for diverting money from Russia via state-owned Russian banks.
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Timur Turlov’s "Freedom currency": a covert scheme to siphon funds under the guise of investments?
After the founder and owner of Freedom Holding Corp., Timur Turlov, relocated to Kazakhstan, he became a person close to the country’s top leadership and the main financier of local elites.
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Kazakh oligarch Timur Turlov hides billions and deceives the state
Kazakh businessman Timur Turlov, linked to Russian authorities, is facing the collapse of his empire.
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Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency sues Freedom Holding’s Timur Turlov over asset withdrawal
The Russian state corporation Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) is demanding compensation from businessman Timur Turlov, who has obtained Kazakh citizenship, for the withdrawal of assets from Russia, reports the agency’s correspondent.
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Timur Turlov’s Freedom Finance pyramid launders billions for Nazarbayev clans and sanctioned Russian oligarchs
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, after facing his first serious test, learned an important truth: governing slowly and leisurely, without making any changes and maintaining an oath of loyalty to Nursultan Nazarbayev, won’t succeed.
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From Rosseti to Freedom Finance: how Pavel Livinsky and Timur Turlov laundered billions through offshore pyramids
Timur Turlov and Pavel Livinsky are linked to scandals involving shareholder deception and offshore money withdrawals.
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Timur Turlov: Kazakh “billionaire” or frontman for a multibillion-dollar laundering machine?
Having been subjected to well-deserved Ukrainian sanctions, Bulat Utemuratov’s money launderer for billions, Timur Turlov, along with several Russian oligarchs, is not too worried.