undercover agent
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In March, an undercover agent contacted one of the participants to ask about the iRobot deal and other trades, pretending to be a securities regulator.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
The FBI arrested Middlebrook in March 2020, after he delivered pills —supposedly the infection prevention treatment — to an undercover agent who was posing as an investor, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2025
After he left and gave the classified information to the undercover agent, prosecutors say he reapplied to work at the NSA.
From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2023
Mr. Hurd got a job with the C.I.A. straight out of college in 2000 and spent more than eight years as an undercover agent, with stints in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023
He wondered why the undercover agent had wanted her.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
