According to the WSJ report John Kinnucan's 21-month brawl
with the U.S. government began with a late-night email from his Portland, Ore.,
couch and ended with a guilty plea in a New York federal court. The 55-year-old research consultant admitted
Wednesday that he committed securities fraud by illegally passing on
confidential information about technology firms to hedge funds and other
clients.
His plea caps a remarkable episode in the government's recent
insider-trading crackdown. Mr. Kinnucan repeatedly taunted U.S. officials amid
the probe—despite pleas by his wife for him to tone down his comments….
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