Ex-FBI Agent Charged With Working for Russian Oligarch Slated to Plead Guilty

Ex-FBI Agent Charged With Working for Russian Oligarch Slated to Plead Guilty
Charles McGonigal, the former head of counterintelligence for the FBI’s New York office, leaves Manhattan Federal Court in New York on Jan. 23, 2023. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Lorenz Duchamps
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Charles McGonigal, a former FBI special agent who was arrested earlier this year for allegedly working with a sanctioned Russian oligarch, may change his plea in relation to criminal charges including violating U.S. sanctions and money laundering, according to a court order.

Mr. McGonigal had previously pleaded not guilty. He was arrested in January and charged with violating and conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by laundering money on behalf of Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire.

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