Evgeny Buryakov
| Evgeny Buryakov | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Riverdale, The Bronx, New York City[1] |
| Other names | Zhenya |
| Occupation | Deputy Representative of Vnesheconombank |
| Known for | Espionage against the United States |
| Criminal charge | Conspiracy to act as an unlawful agent of a foreign government |
| Criminal penalty | 30 months in prison |
| Spouse(s) | Marina Buryakova[2][3] |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter[4] |
Evgeny Buryakov was arrested on January 26, 2015 and charged with, and plead guilty to, spying on the United States for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).[5][6] Buryakov was a New York-based Deputy Representative of Vnesheconombank,[7][8] Russia's state-owned national development bank.[9] Buryakov operated with non-official cover, and was thus not entitled to diplomatic immunity.[5] Buryakov conducted his espionage with the assistance of Igor Sporyshev, Trade Representative of the Russian Federation to New York, and Victor Podobnyy, an Attaché to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations.[5]
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Early life
Buryakov is believed to come from Kushchevskaya, and previously worked at a tax office in Moscow.[4][10] He has one son and one daughter.[4][11]
Espionage
Prior to working in New York City, Buryakov allegedly worked in South Africa under non-official cover from approximately 2004 to 2009.[10][12] In America, Sporyshev and Podobnyy tasked Buryakov with attempting to recruit New York City residents as intelligence sources, as well as gathering information about American sanctions on Russia and American efforts to develop alternative energy resources.[5] Buryakov worked for Directorate ER of the SVR, which is focused on economic intelligence.[13] Buryakov also came up with questions for the Russian News Agency TASS to ask at the New York Stock Exchange regarding high-frequency trading , exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and automatic trading robots.[4][5][14][15]
Beginning in 2013, an undercover agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), posing as an analyst for an energy firm, began providing Sporyshev with binders containing industry analyses and bugged with hidden microphones, allowing the FBI to record Sporyshev, Podobnyy, and other Russian intelligence personnel.[16] The undercover agent met Buryakov at a Manhattan office, as well as at casinos in Atlantic City.[1][5]
Conviction
Buryakov's defense, financed by Vnesheconombank, argued that he was protected from the charges by virtue of being an official employee of the Russian government, though this argument was rejected by Judge Richard M. Berman.[11][17] Buryakov ultimately plead guilty to the charges against him, and is expected to serve a sentence of 30 months in prison.[18][19]
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