To: c.horn who wrote (76744 ) 5/26/2002 1:42:04 PM From: Mad2 Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 122087 Actually the magistrate has already disregarded the suggestion made by the prosecuter concerning 9/11 You can bet that he's looked over Tony's public and private e-mail correspondence as well as account records and has access to much more than is available here or in the press mad2Message 17517528 The Associated Press The materials in the AP file were compiled by The Associated Press. These materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The Associated Press. May 25, 2002, Saturday, BC cycle SECTION: Domestic News LENGTH: 353 words HEADLINE: Judge "disregards" prosecutor's suggestion accused swindler knew Sept. 11 attacks were coming BYLINE: By SETH HETTENA, Associated Press Writer DATELINE: SAN DIEGO BODY: A federal judge said he would disregard a prosecutor's suggestion that an Egyptian-born financial analyst charged in a nationwide stock swindle may have known about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and tried to profit from them. Amr I. "Tony" Elgindy telephoned his broker on Sept. 10 and asked him to liquidate his children's $300,000 trust account, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Breen said Friday at Elgindy's detention hearing. "He made a comment predicting the market would drop to 3,000" at a time when the Dow Jones stock index was at 9,600, Breen said. "Perhaps Mr. Elgindy had pre-knowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks. Instead of trying to report it, he tried to profit from it." Breen made his accusations as prosecutors tried to convince the judge that Elgindy was a flight risk and should be denied bail. Magistrate Judge John Houston said he was going to "disregard" the suggestion that Elgindy had anything to do with the terror attacks.