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Newsline: US embassy denies reports it has 11th spy fugitive
A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Cyprus has flatly denied local media reports that a fugitive spy suspect is in U.S. custody at the embassy compound. Christopher Metsos, an alleged paymaster for a Russian spy ring in the U.S., vanished on the Mediterranean island Wednesday after skipping bail, prompting a widespread manhunt by embarrassed Cypriot authorities. U.S. Embassy spokesman James Ellickson-Brown said Friday that U.S. authorities have no knowledge of the 54-year-old’s whereabouts and the search effort for Metsos is entirely in the hands of Cypriot authorities. He is one of 11 suspects arrested in the spy ring.
