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Reuters
02-07-2025
- Business
- Reuters
China's Huawei must face US criminal charges, judge rules
NEW YORK, July 1 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Huawei Technologies' bid to dismiss most of a federal indictment accusing the Chinese telecommunications company of trying to steal technology secrets from U.S. rivals, and misleading banks about its work in Iran. In a 52-page decision, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn found sufficient allegations in the 16-count indictment that Huawei engaged in racketeering to expand its brand, stole trade secrets from six companies, and committed bank fraud. The Iran accusations stemmed from Huawei's alleged control of Skycom, a Hong Kong company that did business in that country. Donnelly said prosecutors satisfactorily alleged Skycom "operated as Huawei's Iranian subsidiary and ultimately stood to benefit, in a roundabout way," from more than $100 million of money transfers through the U.S. financial system. Huawei has pleaded not guilty and had sought to dismiss 13 of the 16 counts, calling itself "a prosecutorial target in search of a crime." A trial is scheduled for May 4, 2026, and could last several months. Neither Huawei nor its lawyers immediately responded to requests for comment. A spokesperson for Interim U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella in Brooklyn declined to comment. The criminal case began during U.S. President Donald Trump's first term in 2018, the same year the Department of Justice launched its China Initiative to address Beijing's alleged theft of intellectual property. Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, whose father founded the company, had been a defendant, and was detained in Canada for nearly three years before being allowed to return to China. Charges against her were dismissed in 2022. In 2022, President Joe Biden's administration scrapped the China Initiative, after critics said it amounted to racial profiling and caused fear that chilled scientific research. Based in Shenzhen, Huawei operates in more than 170 countries and has about 208,000 employees. The U.S. government has restricted Huawei's access to American technology since 2019, citing national security concerns. Huawei denies it is a threat. The case is U.S. v. Huawei Technologies Co et al, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, No. 18-cr-00457.
Time of India
01-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
China's Huawei must face US criminal charges, judge rules
Academy Empower your mind, elevate your skills A US judge on Tuesday rejected Huawei Technologies ' bid to dismiss most of a federal indictment accusing the Chinese telecommunications company of trying to steal technology secrets from US rivals, and misleading banks about its work in a 52-page decision, US District Judge Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn found sufficient allegations in the 16-count indictment that Huawei engaged in racketeering to expand its brand, stole trade secrets from six companies, and committed bank Iran accusations stemmed from Huawei's alleged control of Skycom , a Hong Kong company that did business in that said prosecutors satisfactorily alleged Skycom "operated as Huawei's Iranian subsidiary and ultimately stood to benefit, in a roundabout way," from more than $100 million of money transfers through the U.S. financial has pleaded not guilty and had sought to dismiss 13 of the 16 counts, calling itself "a prosecutorial target in search of a crime."A trial is scheduled for May 4, 2026, and could last several Huawei nor its lawyers immediately responded to requests for comment. A spokesperson for Interim U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella in Brooklyn declined to criminal case began during U.S. President Donald Trump's first term in 2018, the same year the Department of Justice launched its China Initiative to address Beijing's alleged theft of intellectual Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, whose father founded the company, had been a defendant, and was detained in Canada for nearly three years before being allowed to return to China. Charges against her were dismissed in 2022, President Joe Biden's administration scrapped the China Initiative, after critics said it amounted to racial profiling and caused fear that chilled scientific in Shenzhen, Huawei operates in more than 170 countries and has about 208,000 U.S. government has restricted Huawei's access to American technology since 2019, citing national security concerns. Huawei denies it is a case is US v. Huawei Technologies Co et al, US District Court, Eastern District of New York, No. 18-cr-00457.
New York Times
26-06-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Former Aide to Hochul and Cuomo Faces Fresh Corruption Charges
More legal troubles have been piled on Linda Sun, a former aide to two New York governors who has been accused of using her position to help the Chinese government. Ms. Sun and her husband, Chris Hu, face new charges that they helped steer lucrative contracts to Chinese companies to sell masks and ventilators to New York's government at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. They received millions of dollars from those companies for helping secure the contracts and then failed to report the money as taxable income, according to federal prosecutors in Brooklyn. Ms. Sun 'enriched herself to the tune of millions of dollars when New York State was at its most vulnerable,' Joseph Nocella Jr., the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a news release. Jarrod L. Schaeffer, a lawyer for Ms. Sun, said prosecutors were 'publicizing feverish accusations unmoored from the facts.' 'Ms. Sun vehemently denies these latest allegations and intends to vigorously contest them in court,' Mr. Schaeffer said in a statement. Seth DuCharme, a lawyer for Mr. Hu, said he remained confident in his client's innocence and that the government had been 'scrambling to try to come up with some new charging theory' with a trial approaching. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
