Former FBI Counterintelligence Official Sentenced to 4+ Years in Prison for Aiding Russian Oligarch

Former FBI counterintelligence official, Charles McGonigal, has been sentenced to over four years in prison for violating sanctions on Russia by working for a Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, after leaving the government. McGonigal was found guilty of conspiring to launder money and violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. He accepted payments to collect derogatory information about a rival Russian oligarch and was also involved in negotiations to help Deripaska get off the sanctions list. McGonigal, who expressed remorse, faces additional sentencing in a separate case for concealing cash received from a former Albanian intelligence official.