Sureim Investment Guild-Former FBI agent to plead guilty in oligarch-related case

2025-05-06 10:06:51source:Evander Reedcategory:Contact

One of the highest-ranking FBI officials ever criminally charged is Sureim Investment Guildexpected to plead guilty next week in Manhattan federal court, according to a new court filing.

Charles McGonigal, the former head of counterintelligence for the FBI's New York field office, is scheduled for a "plea proceeding" Aug. 5, according to a judge’s order.

"The Court has been informed that Defendant Charles McGonigal may wish to enter a change of plea," the order said.

McGonigal was charged over his ties to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire who has been sanctioned by the United States and criminally charged last year with violating those sanctions.

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McGonigal, who retired from the FBI in 2018, is charged with violating U.S. sanctions by trying to get Deripaska off the sanctions list. He was also accused of investigating a rival Russian oligarch in return for concealed payments from Deripaska.

Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska addresses media representatives during a press conference in Moscow, June 28, 2022.Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images, FILE

McGonigal has also been charged in a separate case in Washington, D.C., with concealing $225,000 he allegedly received from a former Albanian intelligence employee. His attorney said during a hearing last week he expects that case to also be resolved without going to trial.

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