A former FBI agent admitted that he gave online stock traders confidential details of federal investigations, including a probe of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
One of the recipients was San Diego penny stock picker Anthony Elgindy. Elgindy was investigated by a Justice Department task force examining whether anyone might have known of the terrorists' plans and profited by selling vulnerable stocks just before the attacks, Jeffrey Royer said.
Elgindy was not charged in connection with that probe, but an investigation into the ties between Elgindy and Royer led to racketeering, securities fraud and other charges against the two men. They are on trial together in federal court in Brooklyn.
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