Charles McGonigal, the former special-agent-in-charge of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division in New York, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions and launder money on Tuesday, seven months after he was indicted for allegedly violating sanctions against Russia.

Accompanied by his attorneys Seth DuCharme and Meagan Maloney, McGonigal told U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rearden of the Southern District of New York that in 2021, he agreed to provide services for Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, even though he knew Deripaska was a “specially designated national” and therefore performing such work was illegal.

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