NEW YORK (AP) — News Corp. said Wednesday that its general counsel, Gerson Zweifach, has been designated the company’s chief compliance officer, in charge of a review of its anti-corruption controls.

The review began last summer after disclosures that journalists working for the British tabloid News of the World hacked into voicemails left for murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler and gave her parents and police false hope that she was alive by deleting messages when the mailbox became full. The case led to probes that uncovered a phone hacking scheme that police allege had more than 600 targets.

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