Nomma Zarubina admitted to lying to the FBI in 2021 about her connections to Russia’s top domestic security and counterintelligence agency, FSB. She also admitted to deceiving immigration authorities about her role in a New York-area prostitution ring. A transcript of that hearing, made public on the court docket this week, has peeled back the curtain on a far more bizarre geopolitical drama. The revelation occurred when a judge asked her if she had been confused when she lied to federal agents about her Russian intelligence connections.
Source: OCCRP, 2026-05-25; https://www.occrp.org/en/news/russian-woman-with-fsb-ties-claims-cia-cooperation