Former top FBI official Charles McGonigal arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
McGonigal retired from the FBI in 2018. He was arrested Saturday afternoon after he arrived at JFK Airport following travel in Sri Lanka, the sources said.McGonigal pleaded not guilty to the four-count indictment unsealed Monday in Manhattan.
Both face money laundering charges in addition to charges for violating sanctions. Each of four counts carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. After leaving the FBI, McGonigal subsequently worked for Deripaska through a law firm representing the Russian oil tycoon. He told friends he was working for "a rich Russian guy," according to the indictment, and stressed his work was legal. In conversations about Deripaska, he would often be referred to by McGonigal and Shestakov as "the big guy" and "you know whom."The U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C.
In the court appearance in Manhattan Monday, assistant U.S. Attorney Derek Wikstrom said McGonigal would appear virtually Wednesday before a federal judge in D.C. to be arraigned on allegedly taking $225,000 from the Albanian businessman.
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