The chief Prosecutor's office of Ukraine sent a request to Germany for extradition of a former member of the Supervisory Board of PJSC "BROKBUSINESSBANK" Boris Tymonkin, who is the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of VETEK, combining the assets of Ukrainian businessman Sergei Kurchenko, said on the first day of the week, the press service of the Ministry.

before the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine confirmed Last news of the arrest in Berlin Tymonkin. Law enforcement agencies in Berlin reported 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.

"Tymonkin wanted in connection with the investigation by the General Prosecutor's office of the criminal proceedings in which he is suspected of committing together with Sergey Kurchenko of a number of serious and most serious crimes ", - is informed in the report of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

On assumption of office, Tymonkin and Kurchenko legalized criminal income 4, 7 billion hryvnia (about $ 195 million).

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, 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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