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- A number of alleged Russian spies under false identities have been caught in the West.
- Experts told Business Insider that South America is one of the main sources of fake identities.
- Russia is gearing up its deployment of deep-cover spies to the West who live under fake identities
Victor Muller was a popular student at the highly regarded Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.
The "Brazilian" was described to CNN by fellow students as gregarious and smart. He was lively in class, open-minded, and often seen on campus carrying around his motorbike helmet.
One student said he was the last person they would ever suspect of being a spy.