Microsoft Says 12th Alleged Russian Spy Was Employee

[OhioChick]

Source: Bloomberg

Jul 14, 2010

Microsoft Corp. said the 12th alleged member of a Russian spy ring operating in the U.S. was an employee at the company’s Redmond, Washington, headquarters.

The man, a Russian citizen in his early 20s named Alexey Karetnikov, worked for Microsoft as a software tester for about nine months, a spokeswoman for Microsoft in Moscow, who declined to be identified in line with company rules, said by e-mail today.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the news when contacted by Bloomberg.

Ten members of the spy ring pleaded guilty to conspiring to serve as unregistered foreign agents on June 8 in a U.S. federal court in Manhattan. They admitted to carrying money or coded messages, secretly communicating with Russian officials and instructing others on how to find information useful to Russia. Their objective was to infiltrate U.S. policy-making circles after constructing false American identities, prosecutors said.

Karetnikov was deported on charges of violating U.S. immigration laws, Itar-Tass reported, citing Matt Chandler, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Karetnikov admitted to the violation and agreed to deportation to avoid court proceedings, the state-run news service said.


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[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. 9 months was clearly more than enough time to create Vista.

[LiberalEsto]

2. ba-da-bing!

:rofl:

[Arctic Dave]

3. LOL. It all makes sense now.

[Heywood J]

4. +1 "Yeah, every test case passed!" (NT)