Intelligence/FBI
reports
A Russian Spy
ring operating in New York City to collect economic intelligence and recruit
other potential spies was broken up by the FBI, who arrested one of the men
today.
In unsealed court documents the FBI says
Evgeny Buryakov was in New York City employed by a Russian bank, but was
actually working for the Russian intelligence services.
The FBI says the
ring used coded messages to relay information they gathered out of New York
city and sent it to officials in Moscow.
Two other men who were part of the ring
left the country and were not arrested, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office
in Manhattan.
The ring operated out of Manhattan and
Bronx allegedly tried to recruit others in New York City to gather economic
intelligence for the Russians, the documents said.
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