He became the head of Kazakhstan's National Atomic Company (Kazatomprom), the position he held until 2001, when he became the Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources.
[2] In late May 2009, he was removed from his position and arrested on charges of embezzling funds from the country's uranium industry.
[3] According to the country's National Security Committee, Dzhakishev allegedly appropriated 60% of Kazakhstan's uranium deposits as his personal property, which would amount to tens of billions of dollars.
[4] Several Kazakh entrepreneurs have criticized the arrest as being politically motivated, and 22 executives signed an open letter criticizing the arrest's effects on the business environment in the country.
[5] Dzhakishev has also been deprived of the right to occupy government positions for the following seven years, and was stripped of the Order of Kurmet, a prestigious Kazakh state award.