The Croatian Olympic Committee announced on Friday the resignation of one of its officials after his arrest on suspicion of corruption, in the latest fallout from a scandal that shook the country's ski federation. The committee issued a press statement about the resignation of Damir Sijota, director of the Olympic program, stating: 'Individual cases should not cast a shadow over the thousands of athletes, coaches, sports workers, and national sports federations who contribute daily to the development of Croatian sports through their work.' Sijota's legal defense team revealed that he and his wife were detained and questioned, while Croatian media reported that authorities released the wife. Searches were also conducted at the offices of Sijota and Siniša Krajač, Secretary General of the Olympic Committee, who was questioned as a witness and no criminal charges were filed against him, as the committee previously announced. An investigative judge is scheduled to decide later on Friday whether to extend Sijota's detention pending investigation. The arrest comes as Croatian authorities seek to extradite Vedran Pavlek, the former head of the country's alpine skiing, detained in Kazakhstan, suspected of leading a network that embezzled about $35 million from the Croatian Ski Federation. According to media reports, Sijota is suspected of receiving at least 160,000 euros in bribes over 10 years in exchange for illegally releasing Olympic funds to the ski federation. In March, the prosecutor's office opened an investigation into six people, including Pavlek, who was later arrested in Kazakhstan. The scandal led to the resignation of Zlatko Matesa, the veteran president of the Croatian Olympic Committee. Pavlek's tenure saw the most successful era for Croatia in this sport, when siblings Janica and Ivica Kostelić won 10 Olympic medals.