Washington: It has been revealed about a couple living in America under fake names for many years that they are employees of the Russian intelligence agency KGB, the police arrested both of them.
According to an international media report, a couple who have been living under fake names in America for decades have been arrested.
The couple, who were arrested Friday while living in the U.S. under the stolen names of the deceased children, have been charged with identity theft and conspiracy against the government.
Walter Primrose and his wife, Gwen Morrison, were both born in 1955, according to the documents, after a search of the couple’s home turned up an old photograph of the couple dressed in the uniforms of the Russian intelligence agency KBG.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the husband’s continued detention as a flight risk, while the wife will appear before a judge next week.
According to the indictment, the couple attended school together in Texas in the 1970s and married there in 1980. In 1987, for unknown reasons, they assumed the identities of Bobby Forte and Julie Montague.
These were the names of children who died years ago and are buried there in the nearby cemetery.
The couple remarried in 1988 under assumed identities, in 1994 Bobby joined the Coast Guard where he served for 20 years, later working as a contractor for the Department of Defense.
Over the years, the couple obtained several government documents under their false identities, including driving licenses and several passports.
Although he is not charged with espionage in the indictment, the documents filed in opposition to his bail indicate a complicated case.
Federal prosecutor Claire Connors said the FBI seized letters from the couple that referred to them by names other than Bobby, Julie, Walter or Gwen, using multiple aliases.
A relative of Morrison told FBI officials that she lived in Romania when it was part of the Communist bloc, Connors said.
The prosecutor said Walter Primrose was supposed to report all of his foreign travel but had failed to report several of his trips to Canada.
Morrison’s lawyer, Megan Kao, says her client denies the allegations.
