Russian 'Spy' Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Secret US Technology To Russian Military And Intelligence
A Soviet-born man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges alleging he was at the center of a plot to smuggle microelectronic components out of the U.S. for use by the Russian military and spy agencies, Reuters reported. Alexander Fishenko, a resident of Texas and dual U.S.-Russian citizen, appeared at the federal court in Brooklyn, New York, where he was due to stand trial in less than two weeks.