KIEV, July 28 – Kiev Pechersky Court has ordered the arrest of Tetiana Hrytsun, former first deputy head of the state treasury.

The court satisfied a relevant submission by the prosecutor's office last week, the Ukrainska Pravda online publication's Web site reported on Monday.

Hrytsun was detained on July 19 and on July 22 charged under Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (abuse of power or official authorities that led to serious consequences). According to investigators, from September 2009 through April 2010 she gave instructions to her subordinates not to transfer UAH 800 million of competition guarantees to bidder companies in a tender for the privatization of the Odesa Port-Side Plant, Nortima Ltd. and to Frunze-Flora, in spite of an order on the return of the funds issued by the State Property Fund.