ive Bulgarians have been charged with spying for Russia.
They’re accused of conspiring to assemble data that might be helpful to an enemy between August 2020 and February this 12 months.
Nick Value, head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)’s Particular Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, mentioned: “The CPS has authorised a cost of conspiracy to conduct espionage towards three males and two ladies suspected of spying for Russia.
“Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, Ivan Stoyanov, 31, and Vanya Gaberova, 29, will likely be charged with conspiring to gather data supposed to be straight or not directly helpful to an enemy for a function prejudicial to the security and curiosity of the state between August 30 2020 and February 8 2023.
“Roussev, Dzhambazov and Ivanova had been beforehand charged on February 11 2023 with possession of false id paperwork with improper intention below part 4 of the Id Paperwork Act 2010.”
They’re all because of seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom on September 26.
The 5 had been arrested by the Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command in February below the Official Secrets and techniques Act.
Final month it emerged that Roussev, of Nice Yarmouth, Norfolk, Dzhambazov, of Harrow, north-west London, and Ivanova, of the identical Harrow handle, had been going through fees which allege they had been in possession of 34 id paperwork, a few of which had been suspected to be false.
The trio appeared on the Outdated Bailey in July to face these fees.