Russia Sentences US Citizen Gene Spector to 15 Years for Espionage

US citizen sentenced to 15 years by Moscow court on espionage charges, Russian media says

Contributor/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — An American citizen, Evgeny “Eugene” Spector, was sentenced to 15 years in a high-security prison by the Moscow City Court on espionage charges on Dec. 24, reported Interfax, a Russian news agency. The Russian Security Service, or FSB, said Spector collected information from Russia “in the interests of the Pentagon to create a system for genetic screening of the Russian population,” Interfax reported on Friday…

Russia’s security service says jailed American leaked biotechnology secrets

Eugene Spector, a US citizen born in Russia, has been sentenced to 15 years in a maximum security Russian penal colony.

Russia Jails US Citizen For 15 Years Over Espionage Of Biotechnology Secrets

Eugene Spector, a US citizen jailed for a total of 15 years this week after a Moscow court convicted him of espionage, was found guilty of passing biotechnology secrets to the United States, Russia's FSB security service said on Friday. Russian state news agencies reported on Tuesday that Spector, who was born in Russia and then moved to the US, had been handed a 13-year jail sentence for spying. This was added to an existing bribery sentence an…

US citizen jailed for 15 years in Russia for espionage, accused of leaking biotech to Pentagon

MOSCOW, Dec 27 — Eugene Spector, a US citizen jailed for a total of 15 years this week after a Moscow court convicted him of espionage, was found guilty of passing biotechnology secrets to the United States, Russia’s FSB security service said today. Russian state news agencies reported on Tuesday that Spector, who was born in Russia and then moved to the US, had been handed a 13-year jail sentence for spying. This was added to an existing briber…

FSB claims U.S. citizen imprisoned on espionage charges helped Pentagon gather data to develop ‘genetic screening system’ for Russians

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has accused U.S. citizen Gene Spector, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison on espionage charges, of collecting information for the Pentagon to help develop a “genetic screening system” for Russians. “Acting in the interests of the Pentagon and an affiliated commercial organization, the American gathered and transferred various information on biotechnological and biomedical topics, including state secre…

US citizen sentenced to 15 years in prison for collecting genetic data of Russian citizens: Russian Security Service

Eugene Spector collected, transferred classified biotechnological, biomedical information to foreign entities linked to Pentagon, according to security service - Anadolu Ajansı