Former FBI employee confessed that he worked on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska - the media
According to journalists, speaking to Federal Judge in New York, 55-year-old Charles McGonigal said that in 2021 he worked for a deripaska. He was paid $ 17,000 to help collect a compromise on another unnamed oligarch from the Russian Federation. The publication reminded that Oleg Deripaska has been under US sanctions since 2018 in connection with the occupation of Crimea. According to the assistant Prosecutor Rebecca Del, McGonigal also tried to help the Deripaska to get out of the sanction list.
In addition, he also spoke with the accomplices about hunting for electronic Deripaska competitor files, which reveal hidden assets worth $ 500 million. For this, Macgonigal can receive from $ 650,000 to $ 3 million. According to journalists, McGonigal pleaded guilty of one point of prosecution in order to laundering money and violating the law on international extraordinary economic powers. He may be threatened with up to five years in prison. The court appointed him a sentence on December 14.
The publication noted that McGonigal was a special agent who headed the FBI counterintelligence department in New York from 2016 to 2018. He managed investigations into Russian oligarchs, including deripaska. The US District Court in the Columbia County later confirmed the sanctions against Deripaska, finding evidence that he had acted as Russian President Vladimir Putin. Oleg Deripaska is a Russian billionaire and an entrepreneur. In 2017, Deripaska received Cyprus citizenship.
However, in April 2022, due to the entry into the EU sanction list, it was deprived of it. He is the founder of the Basic Element, and was also the chairman of the board of directors of the company "Russian Aluminum", the head of other Russian companies. Recall that on August 9, US media reported that Trump's supporter was shot dead in the United States. The man threatened American politicians and law enforcement.