Deportation Ordered for Convicted Spy

Nikolai Ogorodnikov, the man from Kiev who was convicted on espionage charges in a notorious FBI spy case, has been ordered deported by federal immigration authorities, officials and the man’s attorneys said Thursday.

Ogorodnikov, now a West Los Angeles resident who works as a driver for a hotel, was ordered to surrender to authorities on Oct. 21 to be returned to the Soviet Union, a spokeswoman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service said. His attorneys vowed to fight the order, saying they plan to ask a federal court to throw out Ogorodnikov’s guilty plea and reverse the conviction.

Ogorodnikov spent five years in prison after he and his wife, Svetlana, were convicted in the FBI spy case involving then-Agent Richard W. Miller. Miller, the first FBI agent convicted of espionage, was found guilty of passing secret documents to Svetlana Ogorodnikov in exchange for sex and $65,000 in cash and gold.