| UN Representative
to ECOSOC Sent FBI Agent Selfies
Drinking Wine Now Remanded to
Jail
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 2 – A woman describing
herself as a UN Representative
at ECOSOC was arrested on
November 21, 2024 and
presented in the US District
Court for the Southern
District of New York on
charges of false statements
about contact with the Federal
Security Service of the
Russian Federal. Inner City
live tweeted, thread
now at US v Ms.
Nomma Zarubina - an NGO
"ambassador to UN ECOSOC,"
with Russian interpreter
present. Inner City Press as
only media here will report
Judge: You are charged with
false statements to US law
enforcement about
communications with Federal
Security Service &
official of Russian
Federation.
On July
23, Chief Judge Swain
prohibited any contact with
Case Agents, after being told
that Zarubina repeatedly
texted Case Agent-1 to "start
looking to massage places and
long term relationships with
Slavic females involving
money." Full filing with more
on Patreon here
On September 17
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in asking for detention,
annexing 8 pages of text
messages including a selfie
drinking wine, all texts on
Patreon
here
On September 18
Chief Judge Swain endorsed the
parties' request that the
hearing be pushed back a week
to September 26 at noon, to
allow a defense submission by
September 22.
On September 26,
Chief Judge Swain said that
remand would be too harsh,
citing the defendant's
daughter - but ordered no more
alcohol. No smart phone was
mulled, but the defendant said
she needs WhatsApp to call her
mother and father.
On November 13
there was another pre-trial
conference, this time with the
CISO in the jury box. Inner
City Press was there. Motions
are due January 26 and
February 13 with a next
proceeding, after a trial
involving defense counsel, set
for March 5 at 2:30 pm.
On November 20
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in asking to revoke bail,
saying "yesterday morning the
defendant called and sent 65
messages to Case Agent-1 while
drunk."
On December 2,
"as to Nomma Zarubina, the
Defendant's bail is revoked
and the Defendant, Nomma
Zarubina, is hereby remanded
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3148(b)
to the custody of the United
States Marshal pending trial.
(Signed by Judge Laura Taylor
Swain on 12/2/2025)."
The case is USA
v. Zarubina, 1:25-cr-179
(Swain)
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