Charles McGonigal, 55, was arrested in January and slapped with two separate indictments - one in New York and one in Washington, with the New York case related to taking nearly $200,000 in bribes from Russian oligarch Oleg V. Deripaska to investigate a rival oligarch, and the Washington case concerning the Albanian money.
Mr. McGonigal made at least $25,000 as an investigator for the law firm before directly working for Mr. Deripaska.
Prosecutors said Mr. McGonigal concealed his ties to the Russian oligarch by telling friends he was working for a "Rich Russian guy" and stressed that his work was legal.
In conversations about Mr. Deripaska, he would try to keep his employer's identity a secret by referring to him as "The big guy" and "You know whom." -Washington Times McGonigal pleaded guilty in August after being hit with four initial corruption charges - including conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions, money laundering, conspiring to commit money laundering and conspiring to violate federal law against doing business with sanctioned individuals.
While heading up the NY counterintelligence division, McGonigal was responsible for supervising and participating in investigations of Russian oligarchs, including Deripaska.
The indictment unsealed in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Monday charges the former F.B.I. official, Mr. McGonigal, with one count of violating U.S. sanctions, one count of money laundering and two conspiracy counts.
Prosecutors said McGonigal broke US sanctions and laundered money while working for Russian billionaire and businessman Oleg Deripaska.
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