13 Facts About Evgeny Buryakov

Evgeny Buryakov was arrested on January 26,2015, charged with, and pleading guilty to, spying on the United States for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

Evgeny Buryakov operated with non-official cover, and was thus not entitled to diplomatic immunity.

Evgeny Buryakov conducted his espionage with the assistance of Igor Sporyshev, trade representative of the Russian Federation to New York, and Victor Podobnyy, an attache to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations.

In exchange for pleading guilty, Evgeny Buryakov received a reduced sentence of 30 months in federal prison and fined $100,000.

Evgeny Buryakov was released early from prison on March 31,2017, and deported from the United States six days later.

Evgeny Buryakov was born on March 2,1975, in Krasnodar Krai, and previously worked at a tax office in Moscow before coming to America.

Evgeny Buryakov's father, Yevgeny Petrovich Buryakov, is an engineer at the Russian Embassy in Tunis.

Evgeny Buryakov worked for Directorate ER of the SVR, which is focused on economic intelligence.

Evgeny Buryakov 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 and automatic trading robots.

In January 2015, the three Russians were charged with overtly conspiring against the United States and that Evgeny Buryakov had been an unregistered agent of a foreign government.

Evgeny Buryakov ultimately pleaded guilty to the charges against him, and was sentenced to 30 months in prison and a $100,000 fine.

Evgeny Buryakov served his sentence at the minimum-security Federal Correctional Institution in Elkton, Ohio.

Evgeny Buryakov was released early, on March 31,2017, and deported back to Russia on April 5,2017.