Charles McGonigal, a former FBI special agent who led a counterintelligence division in New York, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. This sentencing comes after McGonigal accepted $225,000 from a businessperson connected to the Albanian government, an act he concealed from investigators. The Justice Department highlighted his failure to disclose the payment from a foreign security officer with vested business interests abroad.
Prosecutors had sought a 30-month prison term, accusing McGonigal of exploiting public trust for personal gain. This case marks McGonigal’s second sentencing, following a previous conviction for conspiring with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to breach U.S. sanctions, leading to a separate sentence of over four years. These sentences will be served consecutively, totaling six and a half years.
McGonigal, who retired in 2018 and was arrested in January 2023, expressed remorse for his actions, lamenting the tarnish on his service record to the U.S. Government. His attorney has not yet commented on the recent sentencing.
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