A federal judge in Los Angeles has denied the U.S. government's request to release a former FBI informant while he appeals ...

FILE - Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov ... Smirnov, 44, was sentenced to six years in prison in early January after pleading guilty in federal court in Los Angeles to tax evasion and ...

A federal judge has denied the U.S. government's request to release from prison a former FBI informant who made ... was sentenced in January after pleading guilty to tax evasion and lying to ...

FILE - Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov ... Smirnov, 44, was sentenced in January after pleading guilty to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about the phony bribery scheme, which was ...