When, in early 1994, he was scheduled to attend a conference in Moscow, the FBI believed it could wait no longer, and he and his wife were arrested on February 21, 1994.
Kada je na početku 1994. godine trebalo da prisustvuje konferenciji u Moskvi, FBI je mislio da ne može više da se čeka, pa su Ejms i njegova žena bili uhapšeni 21. februara iste godine.