SECRET RECIPE: Cynthia Murphy showed skill as a cake-baking mom in New Jersey, an MBA student at Columbia -- and, the feds say, as a Russian agent, code-named "N," who tried to sniff out who on ...

A female Russian agent got "close enough" to a sitting U.S. cabinet member that the FBI felt they had to swoop in and arrest the lot -- but it wasn't the famous honeypot Anna Chapman, federal ...

In 2010, Richard and Cynthia Murphy were raising two daughters in their two-story colonial home in Montclair, New Jersey. The FBI said they were spying for Russia.

On the surface, Richard and Cynthia Murphy seemed utterly at home in the wholesome, leafy New Jersey suburb of Montclair. By Toby Harnden 04 July 2010 • 10:00pm .

Cynthia Murphy worked at a finance company. The Murphys gave all indications they were devoted to each other and their two daughters, Katie and Lisa, the couple said.

Richard Murphy is posing as a U.S. citizen born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is believed to have travelled on a forged Irish passport. His wife Cynthia is also posing as an American born as ...

Cynthia Murphy, 35, could be spotted en route to the bus stop to catch the No. 66 DeCamp into Manhattan, where she was a financial analyst while pursuing an M.B.A. at Columbia University.