FBI agent leaked insider trading probe involving gambler, pro golfer: U.S.

U.S. prosecutors said on Friday that an FBI agent had confessed to being a "significant source" of leaks to journalists covering an insider trading probe involving a famed Las Vegas sports gambler as well as professional golfer Phil Mickelson. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who are pursuing the case against gambler William "Billy" Walters, said in a letter filed in Manhattan federal court that the agent had admitted to being a source for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.