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From: olivier asser2/23/2005 4:39:20 PM
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New Indictments?

No wonder it got so quiet here:

Govt Considers Adding Charges, Defendants In Elgindy Case

By CAROL S. REMOND
February 16, 2005 11:28 a.m.

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

NEW YORK -- Federal prosecutors are considering filing additional charges against hedge fund manager Jonathan Daws.

Daws was charged in a racketeering indictment with several counts of securities fraud in 2003 when he was added to the government's case against short-seller Anthony Elgindy .

Elgindy was found guilty of racketeering, extortion and securities fraud last month by a jury in Brooklyn, N.Y. Former FBI special agent Jeffrey Royer was found guilty of racketeering, securities fraud and obstruction of justice in the same case. They are both awaiting sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Breen told Judge Raymond Dearie on Wednesday the U.S. government is also considering adding one or more defendants to its case. Breen told Dearie the government needs another month before deciding whether to file a superseding indictment in the case.

The government alleged in a broad indictment in May 2002 that former FBI agent Royer stole information from confidential government databases and shared it with Elgindy and other short-sellers, including Daws, who used to work at Gryphon Partners. The government alleges that Daws and others used the information to manipulate the shares of companies they shorted.

Two other defendants in the case, Lynn Wingate and Troy Peters, are scheduled to go to trial in June and early July.

Should the government decide to file additional charges or add defendants, April 8 has been scheduled for the rearraignment of Daws.
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