In August 2019, Isabelle Daniel, an Austrian journalist at OE24, repeated allegations against Vera and Yuri Sagaydak and disclosed their criminal record[https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Seit-2018-in-Wien-Ex-KGB-Agent-erhielt-Aufenthaltsgenehmigung-in-Oesterreich/393394739 <nowiki>[17]</nowiki>]. She also described the vulnerability of the European immigration system and loopholes in the immigration law.