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Thursday, June 03, 2004

Jury finds former Ukrainian PM guilty on 29 counts
Chris Buell at 3:34 PM ET

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of money laundering, wire fraud and extortion. Lazarenko sought political asylum in the US during the 1999 presidential elections in Ukraine because of several assasination attempts against him. Lazarenko was convicted of 29 charges, which his attorneys said could result in a 5-year prison sentence. Many of the initial charges against Lazarenko were dismissed by the judge. AP has more.



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