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The news of Charles McGonigal's guilty plea to the two files in which he is accused was broadcast in all international media. Yesterday in court, McGonigal pleaded guilty to the corruption case involving senior Albanian officials. The former FBI agent in the trial has stated that he received thousands of dollars from a former Albanian intelligence agent. He also admitted that he made friends with the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, and received from him a license to drill in oil fields.
News about McGonigal has been published by all major international media and news agencies, such as BBC, CNN, New York Post, New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, Associated Press, The Gazette, Al Jazeera.
" McGonigal admitted accepting $225,000 in cash installments from Mr. Neza and traveling to Albania with him and helping run an oil drilling license for a company associated with Mr. Neza. Mr. McGonigal requested the money as a loan from Mr. Neza, as they discussed a possible business venture, including the formation of the consulting company he referred to in court on Friday, but had no conditions on the loan and was never paid according to the description of his conduct laid out in the agreement for pleading guilty.
Mr. McGonigal also admitted that he used his position to try to generate a $500,000 payment to Mr. Neza from an Eastern European pharmaceutical company. And he designed an FBI investigation into an American lobbyist who worked for a political rival of the Albanian prime minister, Edi Rama, with whom Mr. McGonigal had developed a friendship ," writes "NYT"
The Washington Post also writes: “ Charles F. McGonigal, 55, pleaded guilty to one count of material concealment, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. A second indictment, filed in Washington, accused McGonigal of concealing $225,000 in payments he allegedly received from "Person A," described in charging documents as a New Jersey man employed decades ago by a Albanian intelligence agency, and that The Post has reported is Agron Neza. The indictment also accuses McGonigal of acting to further the interests of Person A since at least August 2017 and continuing after his retirement from the FBI, while revealing his ongoing relationship with the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama. "
Ndër të tjera edhe BusinessInsider i ka kushtuar një artikull rastit të McGonigal lidhur me Shqipërinë dhe kryeministrin Rama.
“Ai ka pranuar gjithashtu se ka marrë pagesa me para në dorë dhe ka ndërmarrë përpjekje biznesi privat në Shqipëri ndërsa ishte ende në një pozicion të lartë në zyrën e FBI-së në Nju Jork.
According to a statement of the criminal offense, the money was connected to a network of relationships that he developed with Albanian officials, including Prime Minister Edi Rama. McGonigal admitted that he had advised Rama to avoid awarding state energy contracts to Russian companies, advice that benefited another Albanian official who worked for Rama as an unofficial adviser even as he consulted for a Chinese energy company. That official was a friend of the person who had lent McGonigal the money ," Insider writes.
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