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

An undercover agent reached out to him in Miami, saying Cuban intelligence officials instructed him to reestablish contact.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 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

I take the seat beside her, and though I tell myself that I am just an undercover agent obeying his supposed leader, I feel like I am a son comforting his grieving mother.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth