US EditionEx-FBI agent pleads guilty to concealing $225K loan from former Albanian official
- Former FBI agent McGonigal has admitted to failing to report a $225,000 loan, his European trips with the lender, and his interactions with foreign nationals, including the prime minister of Albania.
- McGonigal stated that he borrowed the money to start a security consulting business after retiring from the FBI.
- The undisclosed loan and his interactions with foreign nationals raise concerns about potential conflicts of interest and breach of trust.
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Former FBI agent concealed $225,000 he received from Albania intelligence officer
Arrested former senior agent of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Charles McGonigal has pleaded guilty to concealing $225,000 which, while working for the FBI, he received in cash from a also now-former Albania intelligence officer.
Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Concealing Loan From Former Intelligence Officer
Former FBI official Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty on Friday to accepting $225,000 from Albanian-American Agron Nezaj, a former Albanian intelligence officer who McGonigal admitted was helping him foster relationships in Albania to help lay the groundwork for future business opportunities in the country. According to court documents, Nezaj became an informant for the FBI's investigation into McGonigal’s contacts in Albania. In Washington, McGo…
Former FBI agent confessed to receiving $225,000 from Albanian intelligence officer
Former senior FBI agent Charles McGonigal has pleaded guilty to a charge of concealing he received $225,000 in cash from a former Albanian intelligence officer and potential business partner.
Former FBI official pleads guilty to concealing foreign payments
A retired FBI agent pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that he concealed foreign payments of over $225,000 from an Albanian official when he was leading the bureau’s counterintelligence operations in Europe, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced. Prosecutors allege Charles McGonigal, who was in charge of the FBI counterintelligence division in New York, accepted the…
Ex-FBI counterintelligence chief pleads guilty to concealing cash received from former Albanian intelligence official
The former head of counterintelligence for the FBI's New York field office pleaded guilty Friday in connection to a scheme to conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars he received from a former Albanian intelligence employee as well as foreign contacts he made with the individual.
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