A former FBI agent who was imprisoned at the 'Supermax' prison in Florence after spying for the Soviet Union and Russia between 1979 and 2001 died on Monday.
FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. — A former FBI agent who was imprisoned at the"Supermax" prison in Florence after spying for the Soviet Union and Russia between 1979 and 2001 died on Monday.
Staff began life-saving measures and requested emergency medical services, but Hanssen was pronounced deceased.He took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Russia and the former Soviet Union during and after the Cold War in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history, according to The Associated Press. The AP learned from a person familiar with the matter that he likely died of natural causes.
Hanssen has been in custody at ADX Florence, a maximum-security facility, since July 17, 2002. It currently houses 315 male offenders.
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