The Justice Department has charged Hitachi-LG Data Storage Ltd. with rigging bids on optical disk drives, according to documents filed Friday in a California federal court.

The charges were filed in a criminal information document, which is typically filed when a plea deal has been reached. No plea deal was immediately posted on the court's web site.

Optical disk drives are used in everyday consumer products like DVD and Blu-ray disk players and videogame consoles.

The Justice Department has been investigating the industry for possible antitrust violations.

Hitachi-LG Data Storage is a joint venture between Hitachi Ltd. (6501.TO) and LG Electronics Inc. (066570.SE).

-By Brent Kendall, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9222; brent.kendall@dowjones.com

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