“He was extradited and appeared in federal court yesterday in Brooklyn.
The accused was in custody,” he told RIA Novosti.
According to declassified court documents, the Russian is accused of defrauding more than $300,000.
In 2019, the Bangkok Criminal Court ruled to allow Ukrainian extradition to the United States at the request of the American side.
Russian Dmitry Ukrainsky was sentenced in Thailand to ten years in prison on charges of embezzling funds from credit cards.
In July 2018, his defense appealed the verdict.
He was arrested by the Thai police in 2016 at the request of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.