Bulgarians convicted in UK of being Russian spies working for Wirecard fugitive


FILE PHOTO: A view of the towers of the Kremlin during sunset in Moscow, Russia, February 23, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Three Bulgarians were found guilty in a London court on Friday of being part of a Russian spy unit run by Wirecard fugitive Jan Marsalek to carry out surveillance for the Kremlin on a U.S. military base and individuals targeted by Moscow.

Katrin Ivanova, 43, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, were convicted at London's Old Bailey court, charged with conspiracy to gather information useful to an enemy between August 2020 and February 2023, which they denied.

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