The Department of Justice has announced charges against a Russian national who is accused of using a false identity to enter the U.S. and obtain information from Americans.
Signage outside the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 17, 2023. Photo: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Imageswho is accused of using a false identity to enter the U.S. and obtain information from Americans.
He started acting as an agent in 2012 in Brazil before moving to the U.S. in 2018 after he was admitted to a graduate program in Washington, D.C, the Justice Department said. "While in the United States, Cherkasov obtained information about U.S. persons that he passed to his [Russian Intelligence Service] handlers," per the DOJ."I was working with my contacts … to find out what the academic community, political advisors and analysts think about the recent Russian military build-up near the Ukrainian border," Cherkasov allegedly wrote in one message in Nov.
Cherkasov was denied entry to the Netherlands and was declared an unwanted alien and sent back to Brazil.
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