Robert Hassen, the former FBI agent charged and convicted for spying for Russia has died in prison.
According to the report by Associated Press (AP) the court during the sentencing of convicted spy Robert Hanssen in May 10, 2002, was given a life sentence. The former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Russia and the former Soviet Union in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history has died in prison.
Robert Hanssen, died in prison Monday.
Hanssen, 79, was found unresponsive in his cell at a federal prison in Florence, Colorado, and later pronounced dead, prison officials said. He is believed to have died of natural causes, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss details of Hanssen’s death and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
He had been serving a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole since 2002, after pleading guilty to 15 counts of espionage and other charges.