US court convicts researcher for spying on US for Russia

Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes (36), a scientist at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, has authored more than 20 cardiology papers, and has also been linked to multiple academic institutions around the world. But the Mexican lived a double life with two wives, and was spying on the United States for Russia when he was in Miami, Florida, writes David Sun for The Straits Times.

On 16 February, Fuentes pleaded guilty in an American court to spying on an informant in the US on behalf of the Russian government. The US Department of Justice said he had been acting under the direction and control of a Russian official to provide information on an informant who was providing information on Russia to the US government.

Fuentes had spent significant time in Russia, having graduated from Kazan Federal University there in 2009, according to his LinkedIn page. He was employed by the National Heart Centre Singapore as a senior research fellow, and held a joint appointment in the cardiovascular and metabolic disorders programme at Duke-NUS Medical School. His services have since been terminated.
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