Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv region prevented payment of 320 million to company owned by son of Yanukovych, - Lutsenko

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko said the Prosecutor's Office has prevented payment of 320 million hryvnia ($12.4 million) to a company belonging to Oleksandr Yanukovych, son of fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych.

Lutsenko wrote on Facebook, Censor.NET reports.

Prrosecutor general said: "Several months ago I received a request from the head of Naftohaz about critical situation of the company's debt of 1.3 billion for alleged deliveries made by some fake importer from among Sasha Stomatoloh [nickname of Oleksandr Yanukovych - ed.] cronies.

"Thanks to a principled stance of the Kyiv region prosecutor's office, the collection of the first tranche of 320 million hryvnia has been prevented," Lutsenko wrote.