Aigerim Ashimbayeva, the daughter of former deputy chairman of the agency for combating economic and corruption crime Samat Ashimbayev, and her three minor children have received passports of the state St Kitts and Nevis. In France, the family registered a company, which owns property on the peninsula of Antibes.
WHAT INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS
According to the Telegram channel "Access to the Sea", information about the citizenship of Aigerim Ashimbayeva and her children is contained in documents filed with the French commercial register.
A company named SCI IAMD was registered in France, through which an apartment in the elite residential complex Parc du Cap was acquired.
The company was registered in January 2026 at the address of the residential complex. According to cadastral data, SCI IAMD is among the property owners at this address. The authorised capital of the company is €1,000.
The shares are distributed as follows: Aigerim Ashimbayeva owns 40%, and each of the three children owns 20%.
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX
The price of apartments in Parc du Cap starts from €2 million. The complex consists of two five-storey buildings with 88 apartments of various layouts.
The complex's grounds include an underground car park, a gym, a spa centre, swimming pools and a security system.
WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COMPLEX AND THE ASSETS OF KAIRAT SATYBALDY
In 2024, the Anti-Corruption Service (Antikor) reported the confiscation of apartments in Parc du Cap belonging to Kairat Satybaldy and his spouses Saida Kanatbekkyzy, Assel Bakhtiyarkyzy and Gulmira Kauaskyzy.
According to Antikor, the total value of the confiscated property was €8.5 million (4.2 billion tenge). It was later reported that some of these assets were put up for sale.
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE FAMILY OF AIGERIM ASHIMBAYEVA
Aigerim Ashimbayeva's father, Samat Ashimbayev, previously held the position of deputy chairman of the agency for combating economic and corruption crime. In the late 2000s, when he headed the agency's department in the Kostanay region, an attempt was made on his life.
He later headed the coal mining company "Maikuben-West", which, as stated in the publication, was under the control of Timur Kulibayev's structures.
WHERE DOES THE FAMILY LIVE
According to the registration documents of the company SCI IAMD, Aigerim Ashimbayeva and her children permanently reside in Dubai in the Al Barari Residences residential complex. The price of villas in this complex starts from $2.83 million.
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT ST KITTS AND NEVIS CITIZENSHIP
The minimum non-refundable contribution for obtaining citizenship of St Kitts and Nevis for a main applicant and three dependents is $250,000. An alternative option involves a real estate investment starting from $325,000 with the possibility of selling it after seven years.
It is not known whether Aigerim Ashimbayeva renounced her citizenship of Kazakhstan before obtaining the passport of St Kitts and Nevis. According to the data provided in the publication, her ten-year foreign passport of the Republic of Kazakhstan was issued in January 2024.