Pavlo Lazarenko

Pavlo Lazarenko

Pavlo Ivanovych Lazarenko (Ukrainian: Павло Івáнович Лазарéнко, born on 23 January 1953) is a former Ukrainian politician and former Prime Minister who, in August 2006, was convicted and sentenced to prison in the United States for money laundering, wire fraud and extortion. According to the official count by United Nations, approximately $200,000,000 was looted by Lazarenko during 1996–1997 from the government of Ukraine.