A Chicago lawyer was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday by a federal judge who said his excessive loyalty to Refco Inc. led him to help the big commodities brokerage carry out a $2.4 billion fraud. Attorney Joseph P. Collins, 59, of Winnetka, Ill ...

A Chicago lawyer has been convicted in New York of conspiracy in a huge fraud at commodities brokerage giant Refco Inc. Lawyer Joseph P. Collins was convicted Friday of conspiracy and four other charges in Refco's $2.4 billion corporate fraud. Federal Judge Robert Patterson declared a mistrial ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former lawyer was found guilty on Friday of a broad conspiracy in the fraud that caused the 2005 collapse of commodities broker Refco Finance Holdings LLC <RFXCQF.UL> in a partial verdict by a jury whose deliberations became heated this week. The Manhattan federal court jury ruled that longtime outside Refco counsel Joseph Collins ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jury deliberations can sometimes be contentious, but in a case in New York one juror accused another of threatening to cut off his finger. The allegation was made on Thursday, the sixth day of deliberations in the Manhattan federal court trial of a lawyer accused of involvement in the fraud of collapsed commodities broker Refco Finance Holdings ...