A man drowned his wife over a business worth 125 million tenge in the Pavlodar region
A court in the Pavlodar region found a man guilty of murdering businesswoman Yelena Kuzmich, which was staged as a drowning accident. According to the court, the motive was a property dispute over a limited liability company worth more than 125 million tenge. The defendant was sentenced to 15 years in prison; the verdict has not yet entered into legal force.