Charles McGonigal, a former FBI official, was sentenced to over two years in prison for hiding hundreds of thousands of dollars he received from a former Albanian intelligence officer.
McGonigal, 55, pleaded guilty in September to one count of concealing material facts, punishable by up to five years in prison, and Washington prosecutors dropped the other eight counts. While still working at the FBI, McGonigal accepted at least $225,000 from the individual in 2017.
McGonigal was the leader of the counterintelligence division of the FBI’s New York City office from 2016 to 2018. In September, he pleaded guilty in Federal District Court in Washington, admitting to nondisclosures from Agron Neza, a former Albanian intelligence officer.
The Department of Justice announcement Friday marks the second prison sentence for McGonigal. He was sentenced to a little
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