Saturday, July 23, 2022

In a Nutshell : Ronald Pelton, KGB Mole



Full Name

Ronald Willam Pelton

Agency

NSA

Operation Compromised

Ivy Bells (tapping of Soviet undersea cables)

Born

Nov 18, 1940

Birthplace

Benton Harbor, MI

Pre-crime stressor(s)

Increasing homeowner's taxes, home repair costs (burden of 4 children, 1979 salary of $24.5k/yr)

Handler

Vitaly Yurchenko

Collaboration session duration

Up to eight hours

Payoff

$40,000

Sentence

3x Life, $100 fine

Time served

30 years

How caught

Soviet handler defected to USA

Evidence

Cooperating witness, tape recording, confession

Incarceration facility

Allenwood, PA. Medium security

 

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