"A Russian woman who was charged with lying to the FBI about her ties to Russia's main intelligence agency -- and then drunk-texted an FBI agent while out on bail -- has pleaded guilty. Nomma Zarubina changed her plea on February 19, according to federal court filings, about two months after a judge revoked her bail for repeatedly messaging an FBI agent and ordered held in jail."
"In addition to pleading guilty to the lying charge, she also admitted to a second charge related to her immigration status, court filings showed. "Zarubina's intentional concealment of her misconduct and her lies about her affiliation with Russian intelligence were an affront to law enforcement's national-security efforts," the Justice Department said in a statement. Her defense lawyer did not immediately return an e-mail seeking comment."
Nomma Zarubina pleaded guilty on February 19 to lying to the FBI about ties to Russia's intelligence services and to a separate immigration-related charge. A judge revoked her bail and ordered her jailed after she repeatedly messaged an FBI agent while released. The Justice Department said her concealment and lies about her affiliation with Russian intelligence were an affront to national-security efforts. A native of Tomsk, she moved to the United States in 2016 and developed networks among Russian emigre groups and American think tanks. FBI affidavits allege she lied about communications with two FSB officers who guided her networking, and she allegedly sent scores of emails and photographs to interviewing agents.
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