Pressure on Huawei: FBI opens investigation into technology theft and Denmark expels two employees

Akhan Semiconductor, a small technology company based in Illinois, United States, Has developed a product that can revolutionize the manufacture of mobile phones: diamond glbad. It is a micro-layer of synthetic diamond that covers the screen of the smartphone and makes it six times stronger than the traditional one.

Adam Khan, owner of the company and inventor of the product, sent a message small sample for your study in a San Diego lab owned by Huawei Technologies Co. When they returned, in August 2018, it had taken several months longer than expected and it had been virtually destroyed.

Suspecting that the Chinese giant had spied illegally on his invention, Khan filed a complaint with the FBI. Quickly, he began collaborating with the investigation.

The FBI asked him to hold a meeting with Huawei executives at the CES Technology Fair this was done in early January in Las Vegas, as reported Monday Bloomberg Businessweek. Khan and his collaborators would have taken microphones to record the dialogues. But, for the moment, no charges have been filed.

In a statement issued after the publication of the report, Akhan was targeting Chinese society. "Huawei destroyed our product, transferred it to China without authorization, performed all kinds of tests, and returned in pieces. "

At the end of last year, a federal grand jury in New York has accused Huawei and his financial director, Meng Wanzhou, of money laundering, bank fraud, electronic fraud and conspiracy. Huawei was also chosen for conspiracy to obstruct justice. For this reason, Meng was arrested in Canada and could be extradited to the United States.

In a parallel lawsuit, Washington State targeted the company and Skycom, its US subsidiary, for to steal trade secrets from T-Mobile telecommunications company.

Huawei, also in the Nordic countries

Denmark has decided to expel two employees of the Chinese telecommunications giant who discovered irregular statusannounced the Copenhagen police on Monday.

Last week, officials conducted a routine check of work permits and residency at Huawei's premises. "In two cases, the authorities found that the documents were not in order"He said to AFP a police source. These people, whose identity has not been revealed, must leave the country, the source added.

It is suspected that Huawei poses a national security problem to several countries that asked him to create a high-speed Internet 5G. Some fear that Huawei's hardware will allow the Chinese government to spy on the communications of the countries that use this network.

The Copenhagen police, however, said the two deportations of Chinese group employees had nothing to do with the allegations.

But almost at the same time Norwegian intelligence agencies warned Huawei, whose ties with the Beijing regime are causing concern in the field of security. "We have to pay attention to Huawei, given that the distance between this commercial actor and the Chinese regime is short," said Internal Intelligence Officer (PST) Benedicte Bjørnland, when she presented a report risk badessment for 2019.

"An actor like Huawei will be vulnerable to the influences of his country of originas long as China has a law … obliging individuals, entities and private companies to cooperate with China, "he added.

In Norway, the main telecommunications operators, Telenor and Telia, already equipped by Huawei for their 4G networks, are preparing for the deployment of 5G.