Maxim S. was sentenced to absolute imprisonment
On Wednesday, Maxim S., a Russian hockey player who plays in the Polish league, was found guilty of spying for the Kremlin. The man was supposed to be a U.S. Marshals Service agent, authorities said. He was sentenced to two years and 11 months of rigorous imprisonment.
Before his arrest, Maksim S. was a player on the Zagwebie Sosnowiec hockey team. On Wednesday, December 18, the 21-year-old athlete was sentenced to two years and 11 months in prison for espionage. He was also ordered to pay a fine of more than 5,000 PLN. Zloty. He will remain in prison in Lublin until his deportation, scheduled for May 2025.
It turns out that a Russian athlete was a spy. Maxime S. sentenced to prison
According to the Ukrainska Pravda portal, S., who plays as a defender, appeared in just five games for Zagłębie and was primarily a member of the so-called soccer players. Youth club. During that time, he was living a double life.
The FSB allegedly recruited him through the Telegram platform. Initially, he was assigned simple tasks such as posting political content on social media in exchange for virtual currency.
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The next orders were more advanced tasks, such as photographing strategic locations (such as the railway station in Przemysl and the arms factory in Silesia). He even rented an apartment overlooking a munitions factory. When he was arrested by the Internal Security Service in June 2023, documents related to the private organization Wagner Group were found on his laptop.
Investigators determined that Maxime S. was part of a 16-member international spy network. Its mission was to disrupt military and humanitarian aid shipments to Ukraine.
After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the activities of spies hired by Russia in European countries significantly intensified. ABW reports that recruiters primarily target young people from former Soviet Union countries. Rewards for espionage are paid in cryptocurrencies and communications are conducted using encrypted applications.
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