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Criminal

Nov. 20, 2009

Former Ukrainian Official Sentenced

Saying the U.S. will not become a "safe haven" for people who earn their money illegally, a federal judge sentenced former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavel Ivanovich Lazarenko to 97 months in prison on Wednesday.

By Rebecca Beyer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Saying that the United States will not become a "safe haven" for people who earn their money illegally, a San Francisco federal judge sentenced former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavel Ivanovich Lazarenko to 97 months in prison on Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer also ordered Lazarenko to pay a $9 million fine and forfeit more than $26 million from accounts with...

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