by Lew Penncock at Daily Mail
A second key figure in the plot to smuggle nuclear weapons technology from America to Russia is also a suburban husband who lives in a luxury $1m New Jersey home with his glamorous wife and their young children, DailyMail.com can reveal.
The alleged double life of Vadim Yermolenko, 41, can be disclosed after it emerged another accused member of the conspiracy, Alexey Brayman, runs an online craft store in New Hampshire with his wife.
Yarmolenko and Brayman, who were indicted on Tuesday then released after posting bail, allegedly helped supply Russia with technology that can be used in nuclear and hypersonic weapons. The scheme was part of a sophisticated plot orchestrated by the country’s security services, prosecutors say.
The elaborate smuggling network, which spanned several continents, has been likened to the plot of a wild espionage drama.
Away from Yermolenko’s alleged role in the shadowy ‘Serniya Network’, which is controlled by spymasters in Moscow, he maintains the image of a loving family man in a leafy middle-class suburb of million-dollar homes…
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