# FBI Counterintelligece agent pleads guilty to working for Russian oligarch

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**Created:** [December 15, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-counterintelligece-agent-pleads-guilty-to-working-for-russian-oligarch/994632 "2023-12-15T12:04:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-counterintelligece-agent-pleads-guilty-to-working-for-russian-oligarch/994632/1 "2023-12-15T12:04:13Z")

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Charles McGonigal, a senior FBI agent, has been charged with conspiracy. They allege he was working for the oligarch in question, Oleg Deripaska, a known buddy of Putin. Had the relationship progressed, I wonder what else he would have asked Charles to do for him?

> **[Ex-FBI counterintelligence chief Charles McGonigal sentenced to 50 months in...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-counterintelligence-chief-charles-mcgonigal-sentencing-begin/story?id=105642391)**
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> One of the highest-ranking FBI agents to ever face criminal charges was sentenced to over four years in prison on Thursday for secretly colluding with a Russian oligarch.

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**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-counterintelligece-agent-pleads-guilty-to-working-for-russian-oligarch/994632/2 "2023-12-15T13:21:32Z")

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Heh heh. Oleg the Olegarch.

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-counterintelligece-agent-pleads-guilty-to-working-for-russian-oligarch/994632/3 "2023-12-15T13:25:31Z")

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Is he an [Olog-hai](https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Olog-hai)?