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A United States District Judge in Manhattan sent a Russian woman behind bars for 14 months after she pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about her ties to Russia’s premier intelligence agency, the FSB, and to naturalization fraud linked to the interstate transport of women for prostitution.

Federal prosecutors have asked a United States District Judge in Manhattan to impose a prison sentence of up to two years on a Russian woman who pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

A newly unsealed court transcript reveals that a woman who pleaded guilty to hiding her Russian intelligence ties told a federal judge she was actually a willing American informant.

Nomma Zarubina, accused of lying to the FBI about her Russian intelligence contacts and of transporting women for prostitution, avoided pretrial detention after prosecutors said she broke a deal by sending dozens of late-night messages to an agent.

Russian woman allegedly linked to intelligence is set to undergo a psychological evaluation following accusations from prosecutors that she harassed FBI agents with threatening, erratic text messages.