A federal grand jury <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6162709.html?tag=nl.e550">indicted the former general counsel of McAfee</A> on fraud charges related to alleged stock options backdating.

Kent Roberts, 50, of Dallas, is accused of "granting himself and others valuable in-the-money stock options while hiding the true nature and value of the stock option grants from Network Associates, its board, its shareholders, its auditors, the public and the SEC," according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco, which is bringing the charges.