Twenty-two people in the military and police products industry were arrested and charged in a sweeping probe into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. The detainees -- 21 arrested Monday in Las Vegas, Nevada, the other in Miami -- are charged with trying to obtain foreign contracts, chiefly in Africa, by bribing government officials. They ...

A 28-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking into corporate computer networks and carrying out what US officials have described as the largest credit card theft in US history.
Albert Gonzalez, of Miami, pleaded guilty in US District Court in Boston to two counts of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to payment card networks, the Justice Department said ...