OREANDA-NEWS. June 24, 2010. Bank Astana-Finance (Almaty), a currency market member of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), provided KASE with a statement, reported the press-centre of KASE:

As information saying "on June 17, former Chairman of the Board of directors of Astana-Finance Islamov Kintal and former Chairman of the Management Board of the bank Arthur Akhmetov faced charges specified in article 176 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (embezzlement and misuse of funds)" appeared on the site of the National Security Committee and in media.

Astana-Finance Bank informed Arthur Akhmetov had never been Chairman of the Management Board of Bank Astana-Finance.