Former head of the department of public affairs Ihor Tarasiuk has been notified of being suspected in the criminal case related to the illegal seizure of the state property of the Puscha Vodytsia complex of the Mezhyhirya Tract by Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's head of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) Yuriy Lutsenko has said.

"On March 2, 2017, Tarasiuk was notified of being suspected in this criminal case," Lutsenko wrote on Friday on his Facebook page.

The place where Tarasiuk lived was raided by law enforcers during the pretrial investigation. Documents, EUR 1 million, gold and other things important for the investigation were seized during the raid.

Lutsenko said that PGO is investigating a criminal case where Viktor Yanukovych, his son Oleksandr, former energy minister Eduard Stavytsky and other officials are suspected of creating a criminal group and seizing the state-owned property of the Puscha Vodytsia complex of the Mezhyhirya Tract worth UAH 540 million.