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To: David Lawrence who wrote (714)	8/16/2003 3:56:57 PM
From: David Lawrence	of 717

08/14/2003 VISTA, Calif. (AP) - Former District Attorney Paul Pfingst spent a contribution from an indicted stock trader on his failed re-election campaign rather than to a restitution fund as he had promised to do, according to recently filed financial documents. The North County Times reported Thursday that Pfingst put the $5,000 contribution from Amr "Tony" Elgindy into his campaign's general fund according to records filed at the Registrar of Voters office. During the campaign leading up to last November's election, Pfingst promised to return the money to a fund that would benefit victims of Elgindy if he were convicted. Elgindy, 34, was indicted last year on charges that he and others used information illegally obtained from FBI databases to drive down stock prices and make profits in a practice known as "short sells." The case is pending. Pfingst, who narrowly lost the race to Bonnie Dumanis, said state and federal prosecutors never responded to his written requests for guidance on how to handle the contribution. "We would have preferred that it go to a victim's restitution fund if that was practical," Pfingst said. "Apparently that was not. ... We gave it as good an effort as we could." --- bayarea.com

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