FondServisBank, which works with Russian companies in the aerospace industry, said Monday that it has hired Chapman to bring innovation to its information technologies. It did not escape Russians' attention that the initials of the bank, FSB, are the same as Russia's main spy agency. While it was not immediately clear if the bank was genuinely interested in her IT knowledge or was just using her for her fame, Chapman's job description was sure to amuse the FBI agents who arrested her in New York after cracking her Internet code.

The bank issued the statement to explain Chapman's sudden appearance last week at the remote Baikonur cosmodrome for the launch of Russian rocket carrying a Russian-American crew into space. An official with Russia's space agency told the Associated Press that Chapman was at Baikonur as an adviser to the president of FondServisBank, but until Monday there had been no confirmation from the bank.

With her flaming red hair and penchant for posting sultry photos of herself on social networking sites, the 28-year-old Chapman was the pinup girl for the 10 sleeper spies who were arrested in the United States this summer and then sent back to Russia in a spy swap.