Who Is Allison Guerriero? Woman Who Exposed FBI Official for Working With Russians Found Dead
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Jim Jordan Oleg Deripaska Ken Kurson Charles McGonigal Allison Guerriero Vladimir Potanin Roger Stone
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FBI Boynton Beach Police Department Department of Justice X Newsweek U.S. Treasury Department
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Allison Guerriero was found dead at her home in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Allison Guerriero, a security researcher whose information helped expose the criminal conduct of former FBI counterintelligence official Charles McGonigal, has been found dead at her home in Boynton Beach, Florida.
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Hours before her death, Guerriero posted a series of messages on X, formerly Twitter, criticizing Representative Jim Jordan, the FBI and McGonigal.
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Charles McGonigal was arrested in 2023.
McGonigal was arrested in 2023
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Charles McGonigal was sentenced to 50 months in prison.
and was sentenced to 50 months in prison
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Charles McGonigal was sentenced to 28 months in 2024.
and then was later sentenced in a separate case to 28 months in 2024.
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Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty to secretly colluding with a Russian oligarch.
He pleaded guilty to secretly colluding with a Russian oligarch
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and also admitted to receiving $225,000 in cash from someone with ties to the Albanian government.
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"I committed a felony and as a former FBI special agent it causes me extreme emotional and physical pain," McGonigal told the judge before he was sentenced. "I stand before you today with a deep sense of remorse."
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The cause of Allison Guerriero's death is unclear.
It's unclear what caused her death
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Authorities are waiting on a report from the medical examiner regarding Allison Guerriero's death.
authorities are waiting on a report from the medical examiner.
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Newsweek reached out to the Boynton Beach, Florida, police department for comment via email but did not receive a response in time for publication.
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Guerriero was a security researcher who became publicly known after providing information to federal authorities about her former romantic partner, McGonigal
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Guerriero alerted investigators after becoming concerned about McGonigal's behavior, including allegations that he was carrying large amounts of cash and maintaining unusual relationships with foreign-connected individuals.
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When she asked McGonigal about the cash, he reportedly told her that he won a bet on a baseball game.
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Charles McGonigal was married with two children at the time.
At the time, he was married with two children.
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"Charlie McGonigal knew everybody in the national security and law-enforcement world," Guerriero said in an interview with Business Insider. "He fooled them all. So why should I feel bad that he was able to deceive me?"
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Her tip reportedly helped launch a broader federal investigation into McGonigal's activities.
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During McGonigal's sentencing, the judge praised Guerriero for her "extraordinary contributions" to counterespionage operations on behalf of the United States.
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In an obituary for Guerriero, her family wrote that she found her "niche" in the security field after trying several different occupations.
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Allison Guerriero was working for Roger Stone when she died.
They added that she was also working for Roger Stone when she died.
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Allison Guerriero's family is holding a memorial service on Thursday for her.
The family is holding a memorial service on Thursday for her.
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"Allison’s over-the-top interest in law-enforcement and fighting evildoers kept her adjacent to all kinds of characters who seemed like they were from 1950s era G.I. Joe type comic books," her friend, Ken Kurson, wrote in a eulogy for her.
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McGonigal served as the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division in New York.
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According to the Department of Justice, McGonigal pleaded guilty in 2023 to conspiracy charges stemming from his work for Oleg Deripaska
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The DOJ said McGonigal agreed to provide services to Deripaska in violation of federal sanctions laws and participated in a money-laundering conspiracy.
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In his role as special agent in charge, he also participated in and supervised investigations into Russian oligarchs, including Deripaska.
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McGonigal tried to find derogatory information about a rival oligarch, Vladimir Potanin, and his corporate interests, which Deripaska was fighting for control of.
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The Justice Department said McGonigal worked to investigate a rival Russian oligarch in exchange for concealed payments linked to Deripaska.
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Prosecutors alleged that he and others attempted to hide Deripaska's involvement through shell companies, forged documents and coded communications.
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Charles McGonigal was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison in December 2023.
In December 2023, McGonigal was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison.
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He was sentenced in 2024 to 28 months for concealing information from the FBI about payments received from a link to the Albanian government.
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The Department of Justice said the sentences are to run consecutively.
The DOJ said the sentences are to run consecutively.
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Public records indicate Charles McGonigal is still imprisoned.
Public records indicate he is still imprisoned.
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Oleg Deripaska is a wealthy Russian businessman whose fortune was built primarily through Russia's aluminum industry.
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He is among the country's best-known oligarchs and has long been regarded as a politically connected figure within Russia.
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The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Deripaska in 2018 under authorities related to Russia's actions in Ukraine.
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According to the Justice Department, officials concluded that Deripaska had acted on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a senior Russian government official and operated in sectors considered important to the Russian economy.
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A federal court later upheld the sanctions against Oleg Deripaska.
The Justice Department noted that a federal court later upheld the sanctions against Deripaska.
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Officials cited findings that Oleg Deripaska acted as an agent of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Officials also cited findings that supported the government's conclusion that he acted as an agent of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Because of those sanctions, Americans generally are prohibited from providing services to him without government authorization.
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