Ex-FBI Agent Charged With Taking Payments, Aiding Oligarch
- Former agent was in charge of NY counterintelligence division
- US claims suspect investigated Russian businessman’s rival
Oleg Deripaska
Source: Bloomberg
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A retired FBI official was charged with working for the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in violation of US sanctions and with taking $225,000 in cash from a former Albanian security officer.
Charles McGonigal, a former special agent in charge of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division in New York, was charged with money laundering and violating US sanctions against Russia, in an indictment unsealed Monday in New York. He was charged separately with falsification of records and making false statements, in a nine-count indictment unsealed in Washington.