Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty to a federal charge stemming from his work for a sanctioned Russian oligarch and close ally of Vladimir Putin.
, the former top FBI counterintelligence official in New York, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge stemming from his work for a sanctioned Russian oligarch and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"After his tenure as a high-level FBI official who supervised and participated in investigations of Russian oligarchs, Charles McGonigal has now admitted that he agreed to evade U.S. sanctions by providing services to one of those oligarchs, Oleg Deripaska," said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan."This Office will continue to hold to account those who violate U.S. sanctions for their own financial benefit.
They"attempted to conceal Deripaska's involvement by, among other means, not directly naming Deripaska in electronic communications, using shell companies as counterparties in the contract that outlined the services to be performed, using a forged signature on that contract, and using the same shell companies to send and receive payment from Deripaska," the Justice Department said Tuesday.filed with his guilty plea on Tuesday.
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