Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Concealing Payments and Information
TL;DR
Former FBI Special Agent in Charge, Charles F. McGonigal, pleaded guilty to concealing material facts regarding his receipt of $225,000 in cash from an individual with business interests in Europe while he was supervising counterintelligence efforts. McGonigal concealed his relationship with the individual from the FBI and traveled abroad with them, later using them as an FBI source in a criminal investigation. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Topics:top-newscrime#cash-payment#concealing-information#counterintelligence#crime#fbi#special-agent
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- Ex-FBI agent Charles McGonigal to plead guilty in DC over pocketing payments New York Post
- Ex-FBI counterintelligence chief pleads guilty to concealing payment from foreign official ABC News
- Ex-FBI counterspy chief McGonigal set to plead guilty in payment plot The Washington Post
- Ex-FBI agent linked to Russian oligarch admits to concealing payments Reuters
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