11 charged in connection with credit card fraud

August 5th, 2008 By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO , AP Business Writer

(AP) -- The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it had charged 11 people in connection with the hacking of nine major U.S. retailers and the theft and sale of more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers.

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