An Egyptian man has received a $250,000 payout from the FBI because of the way he was treated following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks.
Abdallah Higazy, 38, sued the bureau, saying he had been unjustly criminally charged and imprisoned for 34 days.
He had been accused of lying to investigators about an aviation radio found in his hotel room in New York.
Mr Higazy said he told conflicting stories about the radio because he had been intimidated by an FBI agent.
He asserted that the agent shouted at him, lied to him and threatened to endanger his family.
A judge approved the settlement payment in July 2009.
Mr Higazy was studying at the Polytechnic University in Brooklyn on a US government-funded scholarship and staying at the Millennium Hilton Hotel near the Twin Towers.
He was detained in December 2001 when he returned to reclaim his belongings from the hotel which he had left when the hotel was evacuated during the attacks.
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