Nazi Fund Probe
- By Unknown
- Nov. 02 2000 00:00
Committee Chairman Viktor Omelych said that Ukrainian prosecutors supplied "well-grounded facts backed up by documents" in support of removing the immunity of Viktor Zherditskyi.
German police had been investigating Zherditskyi on suspicion that he embezzled 86 million Deutsche marks ($78 million) from the 400 million marks ($333 million) Germany paid to Ukraine in 1994 and 1995 as compensation for victims of the Nazis.
Zherditskyi was arrested Oct. 11 while attempting to withdraw $50,000 from an account at a Hannover bank.