McGonigal, who retired from the FBI in 2018, had been charged with violating U.S. sanctions.
pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and commit money laundering.for Charles McGonigal, a former counterintelligence leader in the FBI's New York field office, who had initially pleaded not guilty to charges that stemmed from his ties to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire who has been sanctioned by the United States and criminally charged last year with violating those sanctions.
Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, center, arrives to Manhattan federal court in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.The single count to which he pleaded guilty to resolve the case carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Sentencing is set for Dec. 14.
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