In 2011,a popular British newspaper,"News of the World," owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch whose empire is headquartered in the U.S. )was shut down due to accusations that the newspaper's journalists were illegally "phone hacking" in order to gather information for their stories.Due to the connection with a U.S.-based company,the U.S.District Attorney also opened an investigation.This type of investigation is handled under ______________.
A)criminal law.
B)statutory law.
C)administrative law.
D)civil law.

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Criminal law deals with the prosecution of individuals or organizations accused of committing crimes. In this case, the investigation into the phone hacking allegations involves potential criminal charges and is therefore under the purview of criminal law.

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