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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (3439)	7/22/2002 9:15:11 PM
From: mmmary	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12465

Agreed, Jeff I don't know why Tony would use FBI info sources (if he did) when there is the internet which has almost as plentiful information if not more. Heck, even the FBI admitted a few weeks ago that their computer research system will take 2 years just to get up to snuff. Iffffff it wasn't public knowledge that the ceo of nsol was a felon (it was definitely public knowledge), I don't think knowing that he was a felon would really affect Tony's short report THAT much. It wasn't a make it or break it type of thing though it was a strong factor. nsol was a total dog. You don't need to know that the ceo's mother was arrested for drug charges in order to realize it's a bad investment. There were tons of other red flags. Here is the 911 story. This is when the news media and local TV stations went crazy. this is the local, local media to Tony, the county magazine. It was also on the local TV. Maybe I noticed it more because I'm local. Did you see the TV snips with his photo and the words terrorism and 911 in there? That was horrible. I do realize there were two articles before this but the 911 bit really spread the news around. FBI: Elgindy May Have Known About 9/11 Attacks San Diego Stock Trader Charged With Extortion Posted: 12:59 p.m. PDT May 24, 2002 Updated: 5:21 p.m. PDT May 24, 2002 SAN DIEGO -- 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, a federal prosecutor said Friday. Did Elgindy Have Prior Knowledge Of 9/11? Amr I. "Anthony" Elgindy (pictured, left) telephoned his broker on Sept. 10 and asked him to liquidate his children's $300,000 trust account, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Breen told a federal judge at Elgindy's detention hearing Friday. "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." He is also accused of spreading negative information leaked to him by two FBI agents about publicly traded companies, so he could drive down the price of certain stock issues and "sell short." Elgindy, 34, of Encinitas, was ordered held without bond on charges of racketeering, extortion and obstruction of justice. Before issuing the order, Magistrate Judge John Houston said he was going to "disregard" the suggestion that Elgindy had anything to do with the terror attacks. Elgindy, wearing a tan jumpsuit, did not speak during the hourlong hearing. His attorney, Jeanne Knight, said Elgindy did call his broker to make a trade, but the timing was coincidental and the market had been dropping for months. "It seems like the government, for lack of factual evidence, has decided to smear my client with terrorist innuendoes," Knight said. "This is smacking of racial profiling." Breen made his accusations as prosecutors tried to convince Houston that Elgindy was a flight risk and should be denied bail. Elgindy, one of five defendants in the case, was arrested May 22 on an indictment issued by a grand jury in Brooklyn, N.Y. In exchange for money, two FBI agents used confidential databases to provide Elgindy and other co-conspirators with information on publicly traded companies, the indictment said. Elgindy allegedly spread negative information on the companies on his Web site and to subscribers of his e-mail newsletter, InsideTruth, while betting that the companies' stock would go down. In one case, a former FBI agent searched the agency's confidential National Crime Information Center database and discovered the criminal history of a top executive for a company called Nuclear Solutions, the indictment said. The same day, Elgindy began sending e-mails calling the executive "a convicted felon," then sold the company's stock short, the papers added. Earlier this week, FBI agents raided Elgindy's $2.2 million mansion. Inside, agents said they found tens of thousands of dollars in cash and gold coins. The government is seeking to seize his fleet of cars, which include a Rolls Royce, a Jaguar and a Humvee. If convicted of all counts, Elgindy faces a maximum 65 years in prison. Previous Stories: May 24, 2002: Stock Trader To Make Court Appearance May 22, 2002: FBI Raids Stock Trader's Olivenhain Home