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          information and receive cash by means of signal sites and dead              
          drops.  Petitioner continued his unlawful espionage activities              
          until his arrest in 1994.                                                   
               During the years 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992, petitioner and            
          his wife made deposits of cash received in connection with                  
          petitioner’s unlawful espionage activities in the amounts of                
          $745,000, $65,000, $91,000, and $187,000, respectively.  These              
          deposits did not represent transfers of funds from other accounts           
          or redeposits of currency previously withdrawn from other                   
          accounts.  Petitioner did not report on his income tax returns              
          for taxable years 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992 any of the amounts             
          received from the KGB in connection with his illegal espionage              
          activities.  Petitioner did not report on a Federal income tax              
          return (including his 1985 return) any amount of unlawful income            
          he received or that had been set aside for him.                             
               On April 26, 1994, petitioner was indicted in the U.S.                 
          District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on charges of           
          conspiracy to commit espionage, under 18 U.S.C. sec. 794(c), and            
          conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, under 18           
          U.S.C. sec. 371.  On April 28, 1994, petitioner pled guilty to              
          both counts of the indictment.  The indictment contained a                  
          criminal forfeiture count pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 794(d).                
          Petitioner was sentenced to life imprisonment on the espionage              
          charge and to 27 months’ imprisonment on the tax charge, the two            





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