They have been identified as Baizer Dzhambazov, 41, and Katyn Ivanona, 31, who both live in Harrow, north-east London, as well as Orlen Roseff, 45, who is based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.Two other people have also been arrested on suspicion of offenses against the Secret Information Act, and their identities have not been revealed.
The trio were charged with possession of false identity documents, “improper intent” and full knowledge of the truth, As well as work in the Russian intelligence services.
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Documents include passports, identity cards, etc. from the United Kingdom, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, and the Czech Republic.
The three, who were arrested by the Metropolitan Police’s counterintelligence unit, will be released on bail next September and are due to appear before a judge in January at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
The trio lived in the UK for several years, recording various suburban jobs and addresses.
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Rousseff has a history of doing business with Russia, arriving in Britain in 2009 and performing technical roles in financial services over the next three years.
Later, the BBC notes, citing the suspect’s LinkedIn profile, He runs his own business related to data transmission and interception of electronic communications and signals. Rousseff also claims to have been an energy advisor to the Bulgarian government.
Dzhambazov and Ivanova’s neighbors considered them a couple, and they established good relations by offering pies and cakes. He will be a hospital leader and you will be a laboratory assistant in a private health company.
The couple, who settled in Britain a decade ago, also run a charitable organization that provides support services to Bulgarian citizens. Including learning about “the culture and mores of British society,” reports the BBC.
Digital documents of the Bulgarian state further indicate that the two worked for the London election committees supporting the vote of the Bulgarian diaspora in elections for the motherland.
Police reportedly searched Harrow’s address for more than a week.
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