Pyramid of dollar bills: Lutsenko announces seizure of $200 mln from Yanukovych's "family"

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has announced that the court's ruling to confiscate the funds stolen by allies of the ousted Ukrainian ex-president, Viktor Yanukovych, came into effect on Thursday, September 22.

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"Today the decision of the Sosnovsky District Court of the city of Cherkasy on another special confiscation of Yanukovych mafia's banking assets to the tune of US$200 million has come into force. Dogs may bark, while our caravan moves on," Lutsenko wrote on Facebook.

Read alsoNaftogaz sues Russia over seizure of $5 bln worth of assets in CrimeaAs UNIAN reported, Lutsenko said earlier that in the coming days the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine would announce a seizure of another $200 million from Viktor Yanukovych and his entourage.

"We will announce a special confiscation of another $200 million of Yanukovych's minions in a day, and another $200 million later in a month. We are constantly working to return Ukraine money Yanukovych has stolen," he said.

According to the official, the PGO has already returned to the state budget some $1.5 billion, plundered by Yanukovych and his allies.

He also noted that this is the largest special confiscation ever carried out by a single state across Europe.

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