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    Spy Bosses Warn Of Foreign Interference As Feds Unseal New Russia Charges

    The intelligence agencies said the threat of foreign interference persists; DOJ unsealed a criminal case against a Russian accused of being the top accountant for Moscow's disinformation effort.
    by Philip Ewing Oct 19, 2018 3 minutes
    Russian honor guards perform during an international military and music festival on the Red Square in Moscow on August 24, 2018.

    Updated at 4:45 p.m. ET

    The U.S. government warned about the continued threat of foreign interference on Friday as it unsealed a new criminal complaint against a Russian woman described as the paymistress for Moscow's program of information war — a scheme targeting next month's midterm elections in the U.S.

    Elena Khusyaynova has worked since 2014 as a top money manager for what the Russian government calls "Project Lakhta," according to charging documents.

    She was charged with one count of conspiring to defraud the United States; prosecutors say she handled budgets and

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