A federal investigation into improperly backdated executive stock options has swept up four New Jersey companies and has spurred a grand jury subpoena and a civil suit against one of them.

The inquiries are part of a nationwide probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in some cases by the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service, into allegations that more than 100 companies changed stock option grant dates to make them more valuable.

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