Retired FBI Special Agent in Charge Pleads Guilty to Concealing Information from the FBI

Friday, September 22, 2023 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Charles F. McGonigal Admits to Receiving $225,000 Cash Payment Charles F....

September 23, 2023
10:15 AM

Friday, September 22, 2023 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Charles F. McGonigal Admits to Receiving $225,000 Cash Payment Charles F. McGonigal, 54, a former FBI Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office, pleaded guilty today to concealment of material facts for his undisclosed receipt of $225,000 in cash from an individual who had business interests in Europe while McGonigal was supervising counterintelligence efforts. The plea was accepted by U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who scheduled sentencing for Feb.

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