George Trofimoff
George Trofimoff (born March 9, 1927 in Berlin , † September 19, 2014 in Victorville , California ) was a German-Russian agent .
Life
His half-brother was the Russian Orthodox clergyman Igor Vladimirovich Susemihl , who served as auxiliary bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in Munich and from 1975 until his death in 1999 as an Orthodox bishop in Vienna . In 1944 at the end of the war Trofimoff lived in Berlin , from there he went to Paris . Trofimoff traveled to the United States via Amsterdam Airport in 1947 . In 1948 he joined the US military and in 1953 became a member of the United States Army Reserve . He worked in the United States Army Reserve until 1987 and at the end of his professional career he held the rank of colonel . During this time he worked for the US military intelligence service , particularly in Laos and West Germany . Trofimoff also worked at NATO headquarters during those years . Based on the documents of the Russian KGB employee Vasily Nikititsch Mitrochin , who fled to England , Trofimoff and his half-brother were exposed as KGB agents in 1994. A German court dropped the charges against the two brothers for lack of evidence. Trofimoff and his half-brother then left Germany and lived in Florida . It was not until 2000 that FBI agents were able to obtain the necessary evidence for a trial against Trofimoff by setting a trap for him. On June 26, 2001, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage for the Soviet Union in Tampa , Florida .
Prizes and awards (selection)
literature
Andy Byers, The Imperfect Spy: The Inside Story of a Convicted Spy , Vandamere Press, 2005
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trofimoff, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Russian agent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th September 2014 |
| Place of death | Victorville , California |