ASHGABAT. Aug 15 (Interfax) - Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev is suspected of several felonies, including profiteering and money laundering, a representative of the Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office told Interfax on Thursday.
"An investigative team of the Kyrgyz Military Prosecution Service has notified Atambayev that he is suspected of a number of serious felonies," the officer said.
He said Atambayev is suspected of conspiring with government officials and executives of energy companies as well as organizing a corruption ring around the supply of coal to the Bishkek heat-and-power plant, of lobbying for Progress Company LLC, and of creating a separate corruption scheme regarding the modernization of the Bishkek heat-and-power plant.
Atambayev is additionally suspected of profiteering, money laundering, and an illegal licensing conspiracy, the officer said.