Charles McGonigal
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Legal status
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Profile
Former FBI official. Sentenced in Washington federal court for accepting $225,000 from Albanian-American Agron Neza and concealing contacts with Albanian officials, including Prime Minister Edi Rama. Separately sentenced in New York on Russia sanctions charges.
Response from Charles McGonigal
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Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
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- Biography
- Former FBI official. Sentenced in Washington federal court for accepting $225,000 from Albanian-American Agron Neza and concealing contacts with Albanian officials, including Prime Minister Edi Rama. Separately sentenced in New York on Russia sanctions charges.From the research record
- Former FBI counterintelligence official. Pleaded guilty in the Washington case concerning $225,000 received from Albanian-born businessman Agron Nezaj and failure to disclose contacts with Albanian officials. Sentenced in February 2024 to 28 months. He was separately sentenced in New York. The case has no reported Israel element in the sources reviewed.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- Sentenced February 2024 (Washington). Sentence reported as 28 months (Tirana Times, Shqiptarja, Telegrafi, Boston Herald reports 'two years'), and 26 months in one Balkanweb report. Consecutive to a separate New York sentence (50 months, Russia sanctions), per Tirana Times.From the research record
- Sentenced to 28 months in the Washington case on 2024-02-16 (Shqiptarja). Pleaded guilty in 2023 (Courthouse News).From the research record
- Response
- Not retrieved in this research.From the research record
- Not found.From the research record
Related cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From Sep 2017
McGonigal / Agron Neza payment and Rama contacts (US case)
Charles McGonigal, a former FBI counterintelligence official, was prosecuted in the United States. In Washington federal court he was sentenced in February 2024 for taking $225,000 from…
Status: McGonigal sentenced (Feb 2024). No charge against Rama in the sources retrieved.
From 2017
US case against Charles McGonigal (Albania-related charges)
Former FBI counterintelligence official Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty in Washington to charges including failing to disclose contacts with Albanian officials while accepting $225,000 from…
Status: Concluded for McGonigal (sentenced 2024-02-16). Albania-related allegations about Rama not adjudicated.
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Connections
Open the map →Meetings (per indictment)
Evidence: Indictment says McGonigal and Rama met four times Sept 2017-Mar 2018 (Boston Herald summary). Rama denies wrongdoing.
Paid $225,000
Evidence: Payment from Neza to McGonigal reported in US case coverage.
meetings named in US case (as reported)
Evidence: Court document reportedly describes McGonigal's meetings with Rama; Rama denies wrongdoing and no court finding against Rama found.
Timeline
Other
Rama denies corruption over indicted former FBI agent (McGonigal)
AP reported Rama denied corruption linked to the indictment of former FBI official Charles McGonigal (AP, 2023-03-02).
Linked: US case against Charles McGonigal (Albania-related charges) · Edi Rama · Charles McGonigal
Court
McGonigal sentenced to 28 months in Washington
US District Court in Washington sentenced McGonigal to 28 months for the $225,000 payments from Agron Nezaj and failure to disclose contacts with Albanian officials (Shqiptarja, reporting the court outcome).
Linked: US case against Charles McGonigal (Albania-related charges) · Charles McGonigal · Agron Neza
Court
Charles McGonigal sentenced in Washington (28 months reported)
Convicted over $225,000 from Agron Neza and concealed contacts with Albanian officials. Sentence length conflicts across sources.
Linked: McGonigal / Agron Neza payment and Rama contacts (US case) · Charles McGonigal · Agron Neza · Edi Rama
Sources for this record
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Source label: VerifiedVerified · 4 sources
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- Feb 2024
- Publisher
- Telegrafi
- Date
- Feb 2024
- Publisher
- Boston Herald
- Date
- 22 Feb 2024
- Publisher
- Courthouse News
- Date
- 2023
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
- Publisher
- Associated Press
- Date
- 2 Mar 2023