Prosecutors Send Letter to News Corp.
Investigators seek information about police payments
While investigations into the News of the World hacking allegations rage on in the U.K., the Justice Department here in the U.S. is taking a more low-key approach in its own inquiry into whether the newspaper violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits companies from bribing foreign officials.
Last week, U.S. prosecutors sent a letter to News Corp. seeking information about possible payments made by employees to British policemen, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Legal experts who spoke to the WSJ took special notice of the fact that the Justice Department sent a "letter of request" rather than a subpoena.
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