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"Both the Prosecutor General's Office and other departmental bodies are investigating these facts, whether they occurred or not," Prosecutor General Berik Asylov told reporters. In response to a question about efforts to establish Epstein's possible ties with Massimov, he said: "We have begun a preliminary investigation."
The prosecutor general pointed out that an investigation is also underway into Epstein's possible past visit to Kazakhstan.
On February 25, lawmakers representing the Nationwide Social Democratic Party in the Majilis (lower house) of the Kazakh parliament sent a request to the Prosecutor General's Office and the National Security Committee asking them to investigate potential cooperation between the country's former high-ranking officials and Epstein, as well as to verify media reports about his visits to Kazakhstan.
Epstein was arrested by New York State law enforcement agencies on July 6, 2019. Prosecutors said there was evidence that between 2002 and 2005, he arranged for dozens of underage girls, the youngest of whom was 14, to visit his home in Manhattan. Epstein's circle of friends and acquaintances included current and former officials from the US and many other countries, including former heads of state, as well as major entrepreneurs and show business stars. Criminal proceedings against the financier in the US were terminated after he took his own life in his prison cell in August 2019.
