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The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that authorities have charged eleven people in connection with the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers.The case is believed to be the largest incidence of identity theft in history.Three of those charged are U.S. citizens, including a U.S. Secret Service informant, while the others are from China, Ukraine, Estonia and Belarus.The data breaches involved nine major retailers, including OfficeMax, TJX Cos., Barnes...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Alison Omans, AFL-CIO, +1-202-637-5018; or Gary Hubbard, USW, (o) +1-202-778-4384, (c) +1-202-256-8125 WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There are two competing business plans to bring copper company ASARCO out of bankruptcy, but only one of them serves the interests of the companys many employees and their families. (http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO) The decision is now in the hands of the U.S. Justice Department and the...
By Steve Lohr The U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division has begun issuing civil subpoenas as it furthers an investigation into whether a planned Google-Yahoo partnership in search advertising is anticompetitive, a person close to a company that received a subpoena has confirmed. The subpoenas are being issued not only to Google and Yahoo, but also to Microsoft, an Internet search rival, and other companies including advertisers and media companies, said the person, who asked not to...
The U.S. Justice Department is set to launch a formal antitrust investigation into a deal struck between Yahoo and Google over search advertising. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that investigators are planning to demand documents not only from Google and Yahoo, but also from other large companies in the Internet and media industries.Google and Yahoo together claim nearly 80% of the web search market and agreed to give antitrust authorities 100 days to look at the deal before...
A Chinese national living in California was sentenced Wednesday to 24 months in prison for committing economic espionage, the U.S. Justice Department said. The sentence imposed on Ziaodong Sheldon Meng is the first handed down for violating the Economic Espionage Act, the department said in a news release. Meng was convicted of misappropriating a trade secret from his former employer, Quantum3D, with the intent of benefiting the China Navy Research Center in Beijing, the department said....
By James Vicini WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday upheld the FBI's unprecedented search of the office of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat who is the target of a bribery investigation. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Thomas Hogan also denied a request by Jefferson's lawyers for the return of materials seized in the May raid. Hogan rejected the argument by Jefferson's lawyers that the search violated various constitutional protections. It marked the first...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department would have to turn over records of the National Security Agency's telephone surveillance program to Congress under a resolution passed by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. The resolution, which passed on a voice vote, must be approved by the full House of Representatives before it is sent to the Bush administration. However, the administration would not be required to comply because a resolution does not carry...
By Eric AuchardSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google faces off against the U.S. Justice Department in federal court on Tuesday as the Internet company seeks to quash a subpoena for search data, including millions of user queries, in a battle over privacy issues on the Web.Google will defend its motion to deny a demand by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for data the government wants the company to produce as part of a separate case over the extent to which online pornography is a threat to...
By James Vicini WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities at Guantanamo Bay strapped Mohammed Bawazir's legs, arms, head and midsection into a chair for as long as two hours each time they force fed him during his hunger strike, the Yemeni said. They inserted a tube through his nose and into his stomach, inflicting unbearable pain, according to a court filing to a judge weighing on Friday Bawazir's contention that he was tortured when he was force fed at the U.S. naval base. Denied...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three members of an online music piracy operation pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday in response to a government crackdown, the U.S. Justice Department said. Members of the group "Apocalypse Crew" pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the department said. Derek Borchardt, 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina; Matthew Howard, 24, of Longmont, Colorado; and Aaron...
