March 05, 2026
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday fined Hytera Communications Corp. $50 million for conspiring to steal Motorola's trade secrets but rejected the government's bid for more than $290 million in restitution on top of roughly $600 million it will pay in a parallel civil case, finding payments Hytera has made in that lawsuit offset what it owes in the criminal matter.
November 24, 2025
Counsel for Hytera Communications Corp. urged an Illinois federal judge Monday to reject prosecutors' request that it pay more than $290 million in restitution to Motorola Solutions Inc. for conspiring to steal its trade secrets, arguing during the first day of a two-day sentencing hearing that Motorola will be made whole by the more than $600 million Hytera must fork over in a parallel civil case.
November 04, 2025
Federal prosecutors have asked a Chicago judge to order Hytera Communications Corp. to pay nearly $290.8 million in restitution to Motorola Solutions after it pled guilty to conspiracy to steal its trade secrets for mobile two-way radios, calling Hytera's crime "egregious and lasting."
January 13, 2025
Hytera Communications Corp. Ltd. pled guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy to steal trade secrets from Motorola Solutions relating to its digital mobile radios, avoiding a trial scheduled next month in Chicago federal court.
January 03, 2025
Motorola Solutions doesn't have to give Hytera years of communications with the U.S. Department of Justice and members of the media as the Chinese radio maker gears up to defend criminal trade secret theft charges at trial, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.
April 29, 2022
A federal court in Illinois has unsealed the names of the former Motorola engineers the government has accused of leaving their jobs for a Chinese rival and taking some source code and hardware designs with them, though prosecutors note they haven't been able to locate all of them yet.
February 07, 2022
Chinese radio maker Hytera has been criminally charged with stealing source code and hardware designs from Motorola Solutions Inc. to develop a competing digital walkie-talkie product, Illinois federal prosecutors announced Monday.