Background
He was born in Vilkaviskis, Lithuania as Abromas Sobolevicius and sometimes used the name Abraham Sobolevicius or Adolph Senin.
He was born in Vilkaviskis, Lithuania as Abromas Sobolevicius and sometimes used the name Abraham Sobolevicius or Adolph Senin.
After their arrest, the Sobles were interviewed numerous times, Jack at the Federal Correction Facility in Danbury, Connecticut and Myra at the Women"s House of Detention, in New York City, where they provided some information. The Sobles revealed that they had traveled to Russia, Lithuania, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Canada, and the United States on behalf of Soviet intelligence. Myra received a 5½ year prison sentence for her role in the espionage ring.
On October 8, 1957, Federal Judge Richard H. Levet, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, reduced her sentence to four years.
Levet sentenced Jack to seven years in prison. Soble"s code name in Soviet intelligence and in the Venona files is ABRAM.
They were questioned about members of the Rosenberg spy ring, but they both denied knowing many of the members.
