The U.S. government agreed to pay $90,000 to the wife of a convicted inside trader who sued Federal Bureau of Investigation agents claiming they unlawfully eavesdropped on intimate conversations with her husband.
In a settlement agreement obtained by Bloomberg News under the Freedom of Information Act, Arlene Villamia Drimal, wife of former Galleon Group LLC trader Craig Drimal, agreed to drop her lawsuit. The federal government denied any wrongdoing and said it settled to avoid the expenses and risks of further litigation.
