A Canadian businessman imprisoned in Cuba for more than three years on corruption charges has arrived back in Canada following a prolonged legal dispute.

Cy Tokmakjian's legal team released a statement Saturday to say the 74-year-old has returned home "in good health" and "fantastic spirits."

The statement, issued through the Navigator public relations firm, added that Tokmakjian was looking forward to re-connecting with his family.

Tokmakjian is the owner of automotive company Tokmakjian Group, which had been doing business in Cuba for 20 years.

His Cuban offices were raided in 2011, and Tokmakjian was taken into custody and held for more than two years before a trial in June 2014 on corruption-related charges.

He was sentenced in September, 2014, to 15 years in prison. His lawyers maintain he was wrongfully convicted.

Tokmakjian's family have said he was a victim of “internal power struggles within the changing Cuban political regime,” and that other international businesspeople had also been wrongfully imprisoned. They have said his arrest was simply an excuse to seize his company's millions in assets in Cuba.

They also said Tokmakjian was denied the most fundamental human and civil rights recognized under international law during his imprisonment.

It's not clear when he was released from prison.

Barry Papazian, legal counsel to the Tokmakjian family and the Tokmakjian Group of Companies, said Saturday his client is thankful for "the tremendous support of Canada" that allowed his client to return home.

"Specifically, the tireless assistance of Canada's former foreign affairs minister John Baird, our Canadian ambassador in Cuba, Yves Gagnon, and Peter Kent, member of Parliament for Thornhill.

"They never doubted Cy's integrity and commitment to Canadian values," Papazian said in the statement.

The Tokmakjian family says they are requesting privacy at this time and will not be offering any further media comments.