Under the plea deal, the maximum prison term Mr. McGonigal could serve is five years, instead of the sentence of up to 20 years he might otherwise have faced.
In court, Mr. McGonigal told the judge that he had known he could not legally perform services for Mr. Deripaska, who was placed on a U.S. sanctions list in 2018.
The plea brings the prosecution of Mr. McGonigal, 55, in New York to a relatively speedy conclusion after fewer than seven months.
agents in January at John F. Kennedy Airport upon his return from an overseas business trip.
Mr. McGonigal has pleaded not guilty to those charges but is in talks to resolve them; his lawyer, Seth D. DuCharme, told the judge overseeing the Washington case that he expected to provide an update on the talks after Labor Day.
Persons:
McGonigal, Deripaska, Vladimir Potanin, Potanin, John F, Seth D, DuCharme
Organizations:
Mr, Kennedy, Washington, Labor
Locations:
Cyprus, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Eastern Europe