On 19 May 2025, Yerlan Kozhagapanov, former Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports, was sentenced to three years in prison and given a lifetime ban from holding civil, judicial, or governmental positions. He was also stripped of all state honors, including the Aibyn Order (2nd degree). The verdict followed a five-month trial, which found that he had unjustifiably inflated expenses for an international forum, facilitating the misappropriation of one billion tenge (approximately USD 2 million) in public funds.
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