Conviction Claimed spiritual healing or mediumship Aktobe, Kazakhstan · 2025

Kazakhstan: folk healer convicted of defrauding 136 clients of some 580 million tenge

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Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

folk healer (tselitelnitsa) with a large client following in Aktobe

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

A hundred and thirty-six people handed over money and signatures because they believed in her healing power — the belief was the instrument.

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Proceedings

2025-10-07 · conviction and deferred sentence

Court No. 2 of Aktobe city, Kazakhstan. Sulushash Kazbaeva, a 51-year-old folk healer, was convicted on 7 October 2025 of large-scale fraud against 136 recognised victims — roughly 580 million tenge taken for 'treatment', her daughter's care and mosque construction, with loans signed in victims' names — and sentenced to six years and eight months, execution deferred two years for care of a disabled child, with restitution ordered.

Primary record

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Diapazon (Aktobe): court report of the verdict.: Regional outlet's court report.
national news agency disposition update Inform.kz: release in the courtroom; defence declines appeal.: National agency corroboration with the no-appeal statement.

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