Former high-ranking FBI official Charles McGonigal faces federal charges for allegedly colluding with sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
McGonigal, who was arrested Saturday, is alleged to have conducted concealed investigations of Deripaska's political rival in exchange for monetary payment in 2021, hiding behind shell companies and forged signatures, according to a Department of Justice press release.
Deripaska was sanctioned for "a long list of accusations including money laundering and threatening business rivals," as Forbes reported, making it illegal to provide him with services. McGonigal tried unsuccessfully to have the sanctions lifted in 2019.in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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