McGonigal, who was arrested after allegedly helping a Russian oligarch evade U.S. sanctions, faces several charges, including money laundering.
Walder was referring to a counterintelligence agent who worked for the FBI from 1976 to 2001. During his employment with the agency, Hanssen worked as a double agent and fed U.S. secrets to the former Soviet Union and Russia. The FBI has called Hanssen"the most damaging spy in the Bureau's history."
Using the alias Ramon Garcia, Hanssen worked with Russian handlers to provide highly classified U.S. security information to the Russians. He was paid for the information with"more than $1.4 million in cash, bank funds and diamonds," according to an FBI webpage. McGonigal also worked in counterintelligence and served as a special agent in charge with the FBI's Counterintelligence Division. He retired in 2018. His alleged dealings with Deripaska occurred in 2021 when he attempted to help the Russian oligarch evade his sanctions, which were imposed in 2018 after Deripaska allegedly interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
During his career, McGonigal supervised and participated in investigations of Russian oligarchs, including Deripaska, and was part of an investigation into former President
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