Evgeny Buryakov, a Russian spy who posed as a New York banker, was deported from the United States on Wednesday in accordance with the conditions of his early release from federal prison over the weekend.
According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Buryakov, 42, was escorted onto a commercial flight by Cleveland-based law enforcement officials and "turned over to Russian authorities."
Court documents filed by the U.S. Department of Justice describe how Buryakov operated under "non-official cover" as a high-ranking employee in the Manhattan office of the Russian-owned Vnesheconombank (VEB) while he passed information to Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy, two Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) agents tasked with gathering "economic intelligence" about the United States.