Alexander Smirnov, who lived in a Las Vegas condominium before his arrest, was ordered to spend six years in prison by a ...

Alexander Smirnov, whose case is now under review by Trump’s Justice Department, had a stake in the firm that lost out to ...

Government joins defense to request dual national Alexander Smirnov, 44, be let out of jail as he appeals conviction, after ...

The Justice Department is reconsidering its case against a former FBI informant who was indicted for fabricating a claim that former President Biden and his son Hunter Biden accepted a bribe. The ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. government now wants a former FBI informant who fabricated a story about former President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes to be released from prison while he ...

The former informant, Alexander Smirnov, a shadowy fixer whose debunked claims were once promoted by the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, agreed in December to a six-year sentence. He admitted that he ...

Alexander Smirnov was sentenced to six years in prison for falsely telling FBI agents in 2020 that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden had taken a $10 million bribe from Burisma ...

FILE – Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, left, walks out of his lawyer’s office in downtown Las Vegas after being released from federal custody on Feb. 20, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas ...

Alexander Smirnov, 44, was sentenced to six years in prison in early January after pleading guilty in Los Angeles federal court to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about the phony bribery scheme ...