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Official/ McGonigal admits guilt for the Albanian file, received 225 thousand dollars from the former employee of the secret service

2023-09-22 22:44:53Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Official/ McGonigal admits guilt for the Albanian file, received 225 thousand
Charles McGonigal

Former FBI official Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to taking and concealing $225,000 from a former Albanian intelligence officer who, according to court records, became a source in an investigation of the FBI.

According to the announcement distributed by the Department of Justice, McGonigal pleaded guilty today in Washington Court.

US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NOTICE:

Charles F. McGonigal, former Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the New York Office, pleaded guilty today to concealing material facts for secretly receiving $225,000 in cash from an individual who had business interests in Europe, while McGonigal was overseeing counterintelligence efforts.

His plea was accepted by U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who set sentencing for February 16, 2024.

The request was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Department of Justice's Homeland Security Division, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, Donald Alway, and Assistant Director-in-Charge of the FBI in Washington and field officer David Sundberg.

According to documents filed in court, from August 2017 and continuing until his retirement from the FBI in September 2018, McGonigal concealed from the FBI the nature of his relationship with a former foreign security officer and a businessman who had interests ongoing business in foreign countries, and foreign governments.

Specifically, McGonigal received at least $225,000 in cash from the individual and traveled abroad with the individual and met with foreign nationals. The individual later served as an FBI source in a criminal investigation involving foreign political lobbying over which McGonigal had official oversight responsibility.

The charge carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison. The maximum statutory penalty for federal offenses has been prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes. The court will determine the actual sentence based on the advisory Sentencing Guidelines and other legal factors.

This case is being investigated by the FBI offices in Los Angeles and Washington.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Elizabeth Aloi and Stuart D. Allen and former Assistant United States Attorney Michael Friedman of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, assisted by Chief Deputy Evan N. Turgeon of the DOJ Homeland Security Section of the Division of Counterintelligence and Export Control, and the Office of International Affairs of the Criminal Division.


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