Former FBI Official Pleads Guilty in Russian Oligarch Scheme

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Former FBI Official Pleads Guilty in Russian Oligarch Scheme
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Charles McGonigal, a former high-level FBI official, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in connection to a scheme working for a sanctioned Russian oligarch. McGonigal admitted to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and money laundering. He was arrested earlier this year for allegedly working with the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and concealing funds received from an Albanian intelligence agency. McGonigal could face up to five years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced in December.

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