"We received data by email last Friday about a court of first instance in Malta satisfying the request filed by the Prosecutor General's Office to extradite the person to Lithuania," Rita Stundiene, spokeswoman for the Prosecutor's Office.
The search for the suspect was called back in February of 2015, the man was detained in Malta under the European Arrest Warrant issued last August.
Prosecutors say the probe was opened in June of 2011 after an inspection of suspicions about possibly unlawful economic, commercial, financial or vocational operations. The investigation revealed new circumstances that led to revision of the probe into fraud, bookkeeping fraud and document forgery.
In addition to the suspect, suspicions were brought against two more physical entities. Sources at the prosecutor's office told that the person detained in Malta had submitted an ID with Australian and Maltese citizenship, with the validity yet to be verified. The other two suspects bear Lithuanian names.
According to the press release, the suspects are suspected of developing a plan in 2010-2011 on large-scale expropriation, which was implemented by a company the primary suspect established and headed. The investigation is conducted by Vilnius police.
