The court in Germany have arrested a Ukrainian banker Borys Tymonkin, who is the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of VETEK, combining the assets of Ukrainian businessman Sergei Kurchenko, said the Director of the division of communications the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine Artem Shevchenko Agency.

before the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine confirmed Last news of the arrest in Berlin Tymonkin. Law enforcement authorities in Berlin said Tuesday that the detained citizen of Ukraine at Berlin airport "sch?nefeld", accused of causing economic damage to Ukraine in the amount of 281 million euros. He was removed from the flight, EN route from Istanbul.

"Today, the German court has issued an opinion on preextraction arrest" - quoted Shevchenko Agency.

Also Shevchenko told that Tymonkin was captured in Germany on Sunday, 14 June. He has supplemented his words by the fact that the interior informed the Prosecutor General's office on this issue, and now the GPU is preparing a request and materials for extradition Tymonkin.

in June 2013 Tymonkin became head of the financial sector group of organizations VETEK, combining the assets of Ukrainian businessman Sergei Kurchenko, against which Ukraine opened a case under the criminal code and He is wanted for theft of property of state enterprise PJSC "Ukrgazvydobuvannya" and applying the group VETEK losses " Naftogaz of Ukraine ".

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