Daily Mail: US charges Chinese tech giant Huawei and top executive for 'misleading banks about the company's business and violating US sanctions'
* Prosecutors alleged that Meng Wanzhou committed fraud by misleading banks about Huawei's business dealings in Iran
* She was arrested in December and prosecutors are seeking to extradite her
* Tech giant, Huawei, is charged with violating US sanctions, officials said Monday
* Huawei is charged in separate case with stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile
The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Monday against Chinese tech giant Huawei, two of its subsidiaries and a top executive, who are accused of misleading banks about the company's business and violating US sanctions.
The company is also charged in a separate case with stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile, according to federal prosecutors.
Prosecutors are seeking to extradite the company's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, and allege she committed fraud by misleading banks about Huawei's business dealings in Iran. She was arrested on December 1 in Canada.
The criminal charges in Brooklyn and Seattle come as trade talks between China and the US are scheduled for this week.
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WNU Editor: The FBI charges against Huawei are very serious, and they target its former chief financial officer, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, who is currently in Canada awaiting extradition proceedings to the US. If convicted, she is facing some very serious jail time. China is (of course) responding .... China calls on US to end ‘unreasonable crackdown’ on Huawei, other Chinese firms (USA Today). More from China here .... Huawei charges are US attempt to smear Chinese companies, Beijing says (SCMP), and here .... China tells US to stop ‘unreasonable crackdown’ on Huawei (AP)
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Huawei lawyer says CFO Meng a 'hostage' after U.S. presses charges -- Reuters
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ReplyDeleteBTW: This has been sorely lacking in the last 3+ administrations. We just turned our heads because we were trying to open up the Chinese Markets to US goods.