The chief military procurator's office has announced that the former head of the Ukrspecexport state enterprise is suspected in embezzling $7.428 million from the state company, the public relations department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, referring to Prosecutor General Vitaliy Yarema.

According to the report, on January 21, the official received information that he is suspected under part 5 of Article 191 (gross embezzlement via abuse of office under a preliminary collusion by a group of persons) and part 2 of Article 366 (fabrication caused serious consequences) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

On January 29 the investigating magistrate of Pechersky district court of Kyiv permitted to detain the former head of Ukrspecexport and sent him to court to decide on his arrest.

The court also arrested assets of the suspect - $10 million at one of the Ukrainian banks and two Range Rover cars worth over UAH 2 million.

Interfax-Ukraine learnt that this concerns Serhiy Bondarchuk.