The Hong Kong unit of the Bank of China suspended two deputy chief executives pending investigations into accusations of misappropriation of funds.
Legal experts say accusations of misappropriation of trade secrets can be very difficult to prove — more so than patent infringement — because such business secrets can be hard to clearly identify and to show as being under legal protection.
He was accused of misappropriation of funds.
Mr Chirac is accused of "misappropriation of public funds" during his time as mayor of Paris.
Of course, banks have been accused of such misappropriation before.
The drug companies have been known to practice some less than ethical trials on those who are either too poor or too desperate to know better, while there have been numerous accusations leveled at some of the participating governments of misappropriation of funds and widespread corruption.
The original lawsuit, filed by Deadline's owner, Penske, involved accusations of stolen Web coding among other charges, but now Penske is weighing whether to add a new claim of misappropriation of news last week.
There's a lot of misappropriation and abuse".
Several people have been arrested during the prosecution of cases of misappropriation of public funds.
He had been indicted on charges of misappropriation and falsification of accounts.
