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Hundreds of U.S. corporate fraud cases possible: FBI


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of corporate fraud and bank impropriety cases under investigation could grow into the hundreds from 38 now, and involve significant companies that 'everybody knows about," an FBI official told Congress on Wednesday.

    FBI Deputy Director John Pistole, in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, compared the investigations to the probe into the collapse of the energy firm Enron Corp. A U.S. Justice Department official said agency was considering forming a national mortgage fraud task force -- similar to that which investigated Enron -- which the Bush administration had considered unnecessary.

    (Reporting by Randall Mikkelsen)