Former FBI Official Admits Concealing Foreign Payments in Guilty Plea
TL;DR
Former FBI official Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty to concealing over $225,000 in foreign payments from an Albanian official while leading the bureau's counterintelligence operations in Europe. McGonigal accepted the funds from late 2017 until his retirement in late 2018 and also violated Russian sanctions by accepting bribes from oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Sentencing for both cases is scheduled for December and February, respectively.
- Former FBI official pleads guilty to concealing foreign payments The Hill
- Ex-FBI counterintelligence chief pleads guilty to concealing payment from foreign official ABC News
- Former F.B.I. Spy Hunter Admits to Hiding Payments in Overseas Dealings The New York Times
- Ex-FBI counterintelligence chief pleads guilty to concealing cash received from former Albanian intelligence official CNN
- Ex-FBI agent Charles McGonigal pleads guilty to one count in DC over pocketing payments New York Post
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