SVR “illegals”: Operation Ghost Stories
Verified: Documented in primary records or confirmed by reputable inquiry/reporting.
The FBI arrested ten alleged SVR “illegals” in June 2010 after a decade-long investigation. They pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as unlawful agents of a foreign government.
Documented
The FBI’s case page says the ten pleaded guilty, and that they never obtained classified documents.
Claimed, disputed or not established
Motives and the full scope of the network’s tasking are not set out in the sources opened here.
Sources (opened in a new tab)
- FBI: Operation Ghost Stories ↗https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/operation-ghost-stories-inside-the-russian-spy-case
Connected
- Section: Russia and the USSR
- Agencies: SVR
- Vault documents: Operation Ghost Stories: Inside the Russian Spy Case ↗
- Case board · Timeline (2010) · Document vault