Elena Branson, 61, is facing charges, including acting as a foreign government agent without notification, conspiring to commit visa fraud and making false statements to the FBI, the Justice Department said in a press release on Tuesday.
"A federal court in New York unsealed a complaint today charging a dual Russian and US citizen with acting and conspiring to act in the United States illegally as an agent of the Russian government, willfully failing to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), as well as conspiring to commit visa fraud and making false statements to the FBI," the release said.
Branson left the United States for Russia in 2020 and remains at large, the release added.
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