Megacom scandal leads to dismissal of Kyrgyz Acting Prosecutor General
BISHKEK. March 31 (Interfax) - Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva has dismissed Acting Prosecutor General Kubatbek Baibolov whose wife is involved in the Megacom cell phone operator's scandal.
The interdepartmental investigative group operating under the National Security Committee revealed that Alfa Telecom suspected of fraudulent operations with the operator's assets, sold a number of Megacom real estate assets to its affiliated company, Saramzhal-Trans, and the assets became a property of Nurzhamal Baibolov, the acting prosecutor general's wife.
Detectives said that Saramzhal-Trans was set up with the sole purpose of taking assets from Alfa Telecom, which had earlier acquired the assets from BiMoCom (which had been proving cell phone services under the Megacom trademark until August 2009).
"That circumstance made impossible the further stay of Acting Prosecutor General Baibolov in office for ethical reasons, because the Prosecutor General's Office supervises all the investigative procedures, including those held by the interdepartmental group investigating the criminal cases against Alfa Telecom and its executives," the presidential press office said.
