Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko has said that former head of Ukrspecexport Serhiy Bondarchuk has been arrested in London (Britain). He is accused of gross embezzlement.

"Thanks to the coordinated cooperation of Prosecutor General's Office with British colleagues on March 15 one more 'hero' of Ukraine – former head of Ukrspecexport Serhiy Bondarchuk – was arrested as part of the extradition process in London," Lutsenko wrote on his Facebook page on Friday.

He said that the Royal court will close the chapter on the Bondarchuk extradition case. The date of the court hearing will be set on March 24.

"Prosecutor General's Office armed British partners with convincing arguments for the provision of the extradition. My visit to London in November 2016 was not useless," Lutsenko said.

As reported, on January 21, 2015, the chief military procurator's office said that Bondarchuk is suspected in embezzling $7.428 million from the state-run company. 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.

In February 2015 the Interior Ministry of Ukraine put Bondarchuk on the wanted list.

Interpol placed former head of Ukrspecexport Serhiy Bondarchuk on the international wanted list on June 15, 2015.