Russian spy admits ‘working for state intelligence service’

LONDON - A suspected Russian spy, Juan Lazaro, recently arrested by US authorities has confirmed his ties with the Russian intelligence service.

According to The Telegraph, US authorities have confirmed suspect Juan Lazaro admitting that he had been providing information to the Russian intelligence service with the help of his wife and co-suspect Vicky Pelaez.

Lazaro also admitted that he has been using a fake name and that his home in Yonkers, New York, is being paid for by the service. He made the statements as part of his petition for bail in a New York Federal Court.

Three assistant U.S. attorneys wrote in a court memo that

he also told investigators that even though he loved his son, he would not violate his loyalty to the ‘Service’ even for his son. He also refused to reveal his real name.

According to the paper, 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 new 100 pounds bills.

The reports came amid claims that ‘Russian Spy’ Anna Chapman had been romantically involved with a 60-year-old a New Jersey millionaire, Michael Bittan.

Five of the alleged spies were ordered held behind bars after their bail hearings were postponed.

Meanwhile, Cyprus police are continuing their search of the 11th suspect who escaped earlier.

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. (ANI)