WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- A months-long nationwide crackdown on mortgage fraud schemes resulted in more than 400 people being charged, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.

WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- U.S. indictments unsealed this week charge 38 people with being part of a multinational cybercrime ring that fooled thousands of Americans into giving up credit card and bank information through spam "phishing" e-mails and used it to steal millions of dollars.

BUCHAREST, Romania, May 19 (UPI) -- The United States and Romania are committed to working together to fight international crime, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip said in Bucharest.

WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- Project Safe Childhood, a U.S. Justice Department program, received a $5 million boost in its battle against sexual exploitation of children on the Internet.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush used his weekly radio address Saturday to call on the Senate to confirm his nominees for top government positions.