Officials confiscated the scopes and allowed Fermanova to continue on a flight to Moscow, where she lives with her husband. Fermanova was arrested earlier this month when she returned to the United States to visit family. National media have dubbed Fermanova “America’s newest sexy Russian spy,” playing off the news of the arrest last month of Anna Chapman and nine others on suspicion of working for a Russian spy ring. The night-vision goggles and scopes cannot be exported without approval from the US State Department, as they are considered to be sophisticated military weapons. Anna Fermanova Anna Fermanova 
 
 Acting on a tip, federal officials searched the luggage of Anna Fermanova at New York’s JFK International Airport on March 1 and found a Raptor night vision weapons sight and two advanced rifle sights stuffed in a pair of UGG boots. She is under house arrest at her parents’ home in Plano until her case can be heard in New York. Scott Palmer, the woman's lawyer, said that the charges were "false allegations" and "too sensitive to be discussed." It was reported that Ms Fermanova's husband intended to resell the night-vision scopes to hunters.
– A beautician who splits her time between Russia and Texas has emerged as America's latest sexy spy since she was busted for trying to smuggle high-tech night vision scopes to Moscow, according to the FBI. Federal officials acting on a tip confiscated the scopes from Anna Fermanova, 24, at New York's JFK Airport earlier this year. She was arrested this month when trying to return to the US, and is being held under house arrest, the Telegraph reports. Fermanova, a Latvian-born US citizen, has been charged with "knowingly and intentionally" trying to export the items without the necessary State Department approval, and faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted. Her lawyer calls the charges "silly," and says the scopes were for her husband, who planned to sell them to hunters. "She is quite sexy, you could say, but she is not a spy," he tells the Dallas Morning News. Fermanova was arrested just two weeks after femme fatale Anna Chapman was sent back to Russia after the feds busted up her spy ring.