Tag: McGonigal, Charles

Charles McGonigal Pleads Guilty to Aiding Russian Oligarch

Charles McGonigal, once the bureau’s chief of counterintelligence in New York, still faces separate federal charges out of Washington.

August 15, 2023
Fast Living and Foreign Dealings: An F.B.I. Spy Hunter’s Rise and Fall

Charles McGonigal had a family, a house in the suburbs and an influential job as a counterintelligence leader in New York. Federal prosecutors suggest it wasn’t enough for him.

August 14, 2023
Ex-F.B.I. Official in Talks to Resolve Charges of Working for Oligarch

Once the F.B.I.’s top counterintelligence official in New York City, Charles F. McGonigal was charged with concealing contacts with foreign nationals.

August 7, 2023
How Prosecutors Say a Top F.B.I. Agent Sold His Services Overseas

As the counterintelligence chief in New York, Charles McGonigal had access to sensitive American secrets. His arrest has touched off a scramble to assess the damage.

February 3, 2023
How a Russian Oligarch May Have Recruited the F.B.I. Agent Who Investigated Him

The bureau tried to court Oleg Deripaska, a Russian aluminum magnate, as an informant. Instead, one of its own top agents may have ended up working for him.

January 28, 2023