US accuses Huawei of industrial espionage and bank fraud – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

The US government on Monday accused Chinese tech giant Huawei of committing bank fraud by violating sanctions on Iran and stealing trade secrets from a US rival.

In a criminal lawsuit in a Brooklyn court in New York, the Justice Ministry accused Huawei, two affiliated companies and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, of thirteen counts of fraud and conspiracy to circumvent the sanctions imposed on him. # 39; Iran.

Huawei Technologies Co., China's largest smartphone manufacturer, has been extensively investigated by US authorities who last December called on Canada's justice system to stop Meng Wanzhou.