Charges brought in dietary supplement fraud case

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against two companies that manufactured and sold dietary supplements. An indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses Dallas-based USPlabs LLC of falsifying marketing labels and lying about the nature and source of ingredients in its products. Benjamin Mizer, the head of the Justice Department's civil division, said the deception put lives at risk. The indictment was announced as part of a yearlong nationwide sweep against makers and mar