21 Feb 2017 2:25 pm
Of course he was.AUSTRIAN COURT APPROVES EXTRADITION OF UKRAINIAN OLIGARCH DMITRY FIRTASH TO CHICAGO
A court in Austria approved Tuesday a U.S. request to extradite Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash to Chicago.
The Ukrainian industrial magnate also known as "Dmytro Firtash" was arrested in Austria in 2014 following his federal indictment in Chicago.
Firtash is one of the wealthiest men in the old Eastern block and chairman of Group DF.
In June 2013, Mr. Firtash and five others were charged in sealed indictments in Chicago with paying $18.5 million in bribes to Indian officials so they could mine titanium and then sell it to Boeing Corporation for use in building the 787 Dreamliner passenger jet, as reported by the I-Team.
Minutes after the hearing ended Tuesday in Vienna, the intrigue of this case continued when Firtash was arrested while waiting for an elevator in the courthouse.
He was detained by officers on an arrest warrant from Spain, according to a spokeswoman for Vienna prosecutors.
Firtash was named in Spanish arrest warrants last November along with two alleged accomplices - also citizens of Ukraine - whose names were not disclosed in the money laundering investigation.
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Firtash has been a business associate of President Trump ally Paul Manafort.