Top Ukrainian oligarch held
March 14, 2014
VIENNA:
Austrian police on Thursday said they had arrested a Ukrainian businessman on suspicion of bribery and forming a criminal organisation, with local media identifying the suspect as top oligarch Dmytro Firtash, a backer of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych.
“On the evening of March 12 a Ukrainian citizen (Dmytro) F., 48, was arrested in Vienna... by officers from the organised crime unit and EKO-Cobra,” an armed response unit, police said in a statement.
Austrian police on Thursday said they had arrested a Ukrainian businessman on suspicion of bribery and forming a criminal organisation, with local media identifying the suspect as top oligarch Dmytro Firtash, a backer of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych.
“On the evening of March 12 a Ukrainian citizen (Dmytro) F., 48, was arrested in Vienna... by officers from the organised crime unit and EKO-Cobra,” an armed response unit, police said in a statement.
