Home of ex-Ukranian official causes problem in CA

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NOVATO, Calif. (AP) — A California mansion owned by a now-imprisoned former Ukranian prime minister has become a headache for local officials trying to collect $2.1 million in back taxes and fines while fending off vandals.

Pavlo Lazarenko’s property in Marin County has been vandalized by partying teenagers who made off with a Pablo Picasso lithograph worth an estimated $30,000, the Marin Independent Journal reported (http://bit.ly/Ltdhf4 ) Friday.

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