‘Deep Cover’ Spies Worked to Glean Data for Russia

Three of the accused “deep-cover” Russian spies may have had jobs that put them in contact with opinion makers, corporate executives or aspiring technology industry workers.

Donald Heathfield lived in a Cambridge, Massachusetts, apartment where he ran a management consulting company called Future Map. It claimed to have offices in Paris and Singapore, according to public databases and Future Map’s website. Vicky Pelaez wrote columns for El Diario La Prensa, the oldest Spanish-language newspaper in New York. Anna Chapman posted an online ad seeking “bright graduates” for an Internet startup.