Former Premier of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko, who is serving a prison term in the Unites States for fraud and money laundering, will be released on November 1, 2012, Komsomolska Pravda in Ukraine newspaper has reported, referring to the Web site of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The general list of prisoners posted on this Web site indicates a date of release opposite Lazarenko – November 1, 2012.
According to the newspaper, on August 4 the ex-premier was transferred to Terminal Island federal prison in California “with a low security level.” The prisoners of such prison in fact are left to themselves, since the supervisors watch them via video surveillance systems.
Escapes and crimes on the territory of this facility occur extremely rarely, as each of its inmates has at most six months left to release. Psychologists work with the prisoners to return prisoners to normal society.
“Communication with the social employees is obligatory, and Lazarenko can’t avoid it,” the publication wrote.
As reported, Lazarenko was convicted in the United States of embezzling illegally obtained funds and transferring them to foreign accounts in 1994-1999. A Californian court sentenced Lazarenko to nine years in prison in August 2006. He remained in his apartment in San Francisco under house arrest pending the consideration of the appeal against his conviction. In June 2011, Lazarenko’s custody was shortened by seven months, to January 11, 2012.
