By Patrick Fitzgerald Louis Freeh, the bankruptcy trustee overseeing MF Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 11 case, says a forensic analysis has determined none of the estimated $1.6 billion in missing customer cash ended up in the company's account at J.P.

A view of the Chicago skyline August 13, 2009. CHICAGO (Reuters) - The city where gangster Al Capone once kept the mayor on his payroll ranked first in public corruption convictions over the past three decades though the recent pace, perhaps because less

By Patrick Fitzgerald Energy Conversion Devices Inc. , a pioneering Michigan-based solar-technology company, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday with a plan to slash its debt and sell its business at a court-supervised auction. The Auburn Hills, Mich.

A federal judge convicted a Chinese-born American Wednesday of stealing trade secrets but acquitted her of more serious charges of corporate espionage at a trial in Chicago that highlighted fears about China pilfering information from U.S. companies. Sof

In 2007, 41 year old American-Chinese woman HanjuanJin was caught by the US custom officials in Chicago Airport when she was trying to fly away with the confidential data of the company. Custom officials held her when she had more than 1,000 papers and e

The 41-year-old woman was convicted on the theft charges in a bench trial by U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo who noted that she "criminally betrayed Motorola by stealing its trade secrets." In a 77-page opinion, Castillo found her not guilty of three