A former top Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official has been charged with violating US sanctions by aiding a sanctioned Russian billionare, according to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).In an indictment unsealed on Monday, prosecutors alleged former FBI agent Charles McGonigal worked on behalf of Russian energy magnate Oleg Deripaska, providing services that included seeking to have the sanctions against Deripaska lifted and investigating a rival oligarch. He was also accused of hiding payments from Deripaska.McGonigal had been the special agent in charge of the FBI counterintelligence division in New York before his retirement in 2018. He had supervised investigations of Russian oligarchs during his tenure, according to DOJ officials.
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