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More Spies Among Us? Feds Arrest Russian Expat
Report: Anna Fermanova Tried To Smuggle Scopes To Russia

NEW YORK (CBS News) ― It was only a few weeks ago that we said goodbye to Anna Chapman, the alleged femme fatale whose face was splashed on the tabloid for days.

Now say hello to 24-year-old Anna Fermanova.

An arrest affidavit obtained by CBS News states that Fermanova, along with others, tried to "intentionally attempt to export" defense articles listed on the United States Munitions List without having the required license to do so.

Fermanova was detained while attempting to board a plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport bound for Moscow on March 1, reports CBS station WCBS-TV. Customs & Border Protection searched her luggage and discovered three night vision devices.

When Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents approached Fermanova regarding the cutting-edge devices, she claimed that she purchased the scopes online, stated the affidavit.

When ICE agents further questioned Fermanova, asking if she was aware of the regulations regarding such items she claimed that she "signed something about that," but was "not really sure what she was signing."

Fermanova is currently in custody in Texas, where her parents reside. She is expected to be prosecuted in Brooklyn, reports WCBS-TV.

Her attorney Scott Palmer calls the charges ridiculous and insists his client was bringing the scopes back to her husband in Russia who used them for hunting.

According to ICE special agent David Mondanaro, one of the devices found in Fermanova's luggage was a Raptor 4X, which is considered a "generation 3" night vision device that allows the user to locate a target in "low light conditions." The Raptor 4X is engineered to be attached to a rifle, stated the affidavit.

Though Fermanova claimed she was unaware of such guidelines, the devices appeared to have "no visible identification stickers or markings" and several ID numbers "had been covered with black marker pen," indicated Mondanaro.

The agents confiscated the three devices, but allowed Fermanova to board her scheduled flight, according to the affidavit. She returned to the U.S. and was arrested July 15 on a warrant signed by a federal magistrate in Brooklyn.

Her Facebook page states that Fermanova graduated from Ogle School of Hair Skin and Nails in 2005. She reportedly has a cosmetology license that expires next August.