Anna Fermanova: Smuggler or A Teacher?
By Turjo, Gaea News NetworkWednesday, July 28, 2010
NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — It’s time to bid adieu to Anna Chapman and welcome Anna Fermanova. The Latvian bombshell has been accused of smuggling high-tech night vision scopes from USA to Russia by Federal authorities.
According to the arrest affidavit Fermanova along with others, are charged for “intentionally attempt to export” defense articles listed on the United States Munitions List without having the required license to do so. Police found a $7000 “Raptor 4X Night Vision Weapons Sight” in her bag along with 2 other night vision scopes worth $4000 each. The prosecutors stated, Anna admitted that she has removed any identifying markers from the scope and blackened out the serial number with a marker.
Her lawyer called all the charges against her as “silly” and is of the opinion that the scopes were taken to be sold to the hunters by Anna’s husband. She is being held in Texas and will be send to New York for trials this month.
The issue involving the Russian emmissaries is taking a new twists and turns with new clues being uneartherd day-after-day. Fermanova was arrested less than two weeks after Anna Chapman, 28, was sent back to Moscow with 10 others accused of not registering as foreign agents. Interestingly, Fermanova, a cosmetologist and English teacher has a Facebook profile containing some sexy shots, just like Anna Chapman. To keep on with Anna Fermanova case follow our updates on the incident.