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Federal prosecutors are strongly considering criminal charges against former executives of Broadcom [BRCM
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], related to the backdating of stock options, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the situation.
Prosecutors are also nearing charges against a former official of computer-security company McAfee [MFE
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In addition, a former executive of Engineered Support Systems, a defense contractor now owned by DRS Technologies [DRS
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More than 170 companies have been investigated by U.S. authorities or have conducted internal inquiries into possible manipulation of option grant dates. Some companies are accused of backdating grant dates to days when the share price was lower, giving the recipient the opportunity for extra profit.
On Thursday, the ex-general counsel at Monster Worldwide [MNST
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Federal charges have also been brought against former executives at Brocade Communications Systems [BRCD
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Officials at Apple, KLA-Tencor, McAfee and DRS could not immediately be reached.
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