Dmitry firtash austria 2017

CHICAGO (WLS) -- 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 spo