Intelligence wins a game! MI6 may seriously think about
reactivating James Bond for his what he does best.
Russian spy 'admits working for intelligence
service'
Juan Lazaro, one of the suspects in the Russian spy scandal has
confessed to federal agents that he worked for Russia’s
intelligence service, according to US prosecutors.
US authorities said in a court filing that Lazaro made a lengthy
statement after his June 27 arrest in which he discussed some
details of the operation.
Among other things, he admitted that “Juan Lazaro” was not his real
name, that was not born in Uruguay, as he had long claimed, that
his home in Yonkers had been paid for by Russian intelligence, and
that his wife, the Peruvian journalist Vicky Pelaez, had passed
letters to the “Service” on his behalf.
He also told investigators that even though he loved his son, “he
would not violate his loyalty to the 'Service’ even for his son,”
three assistant U.S. attorneys wrote in a court memo. They added
that Lazaro also wouldn’t reveal his true name.
Federal prosectors also said that they had searched a safe-deposit
box belonging to Richard and Cynthia Murphy, this week, and found
eight unmarked envelopes, each stuffed with “apparently new $100
bills.”
The reports came amid claims Anna Chapman, the young Russian woman
at the centre of "deep cover" spy ring allegations had been
romantically involved with a rich businessman more than twice her
age.
Mrs Chapman, 28, told friends she had been seeing Michael Bittan,
60, a New Jersey millionaire, after they met more than a year ago
in a Manhattan nightclub popular with Russians.
"He was older but he clearly loves surrounding himself with
beautiful women, mostly Russian, and since the spring Anna was in
his inner circle," a member of the same party set told the New York
Daily News.
Mrs Chapman, who moved to New York in February after living for in
London for four years, could be jailed for five years if convicted
of conspiracy to act as the agent of a foreign government.
Described by a prosecutor as a "practised deceiver", she has
already been denied bail as a potential flight risk.
Five of the alleged spies were ordered held behind bars after their
bail hearings were postponed
In Virginia, a bail hearing for Michael Zottoli, Patricia Mills,
and Mikhail Semenko was put off until Friday at the request of
lawyers who said they had new information.
In Boston, US Magistrate Judge Jennifer Boal ordered that Donald
Heathfield and Tracey Foley remain in jail until a new hearing set
for July 16, and held a closed-door hearing to make care
arrangements for the couple's two sons, 16 and 20.
Meanwhile embarrassed Cypriot authorities searched for an 11th
suspect after he vanished after being allowed to walk free on
bail.
Police searched airports, ports and yacht marinas for Christopher
Metsos, who is accused of being the agent responsible for supplying
money to the spy network.
Officials fear he may have slipped into the breakaway northern part
of Cyprus, a diplomatic problem zone as it is recognised only by
Turkey.
Michael Farbiarz, an assistant US attorney, told a court that the
evidence against the accused was "truly, truly overwhelming".
Prosecutors say the spy ring, some of whose members had been
operating since the mid-1990s, had been instructed by the SVR,
Russian intelligence, to become "Americanised" so that they could
penetrate US "policy-making circles", providing information and
recruiting sources.
IN THE wake of the spy ring arrests, more information is
surfacing about the members of the undercover Russian
network.
Anna Chapman, 28, moved to New York in February from Moscow. French
reports said the spy with sultry looks was married to a French
supermarket heir and they divorced in 2008.
The spy suspect 'adored the American way of life and took full
advantage of it - for business and pleasure', the New York Post
said yesterday.
She 'sidled up to power players while hobnobbing at society
functions, charity events and book openings in slinky designer
outfits' to collect information to be sent back to Moscow.
For pleasure, she liked to go clubbing, blogging and seeing the
sights, the report said.
Chapman lived in an apartment a block from Wall Street and used
online social networks, including LinkedIn and Facebook, to develop
business contacts and to market her skills.
Spying game proves that Countries do not believe in Forever
friends. :)
Leave you with this Quote: The White House said
Tuesday that it does not expect the arrests of 11 accused members
of a Russian espionage ring to affect relations between Washington
and Moscow... My Foot!