U.S. says Chinese telecom giant Huawei did business with Iran, North Korea

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Federal prosecutors have hit Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei with new charges in a superseding indictment unsealed Thursday, which details the company's alleged illegal behavior in Iran and North Korea.

They also allege that Huawei employed at least one citizen in Iran, which is a violation of U.S. law.

In addition, the indictment said that Huawei has been involved in numerous projects in North Korea since at least 2008 and took steps to conceal its involvement in North Korean projects, even allegedly writing on shipping instructions that its logo should not be included when sending products to that nation.

Huawei allegedly misled institutions that processed the transactions so they were unaware of what the company was doing in North Korea, the prosecutors claimed.In a press release, prosecutors said Huawei stole intellectual property including, “trade secret information and copyrighted works, such as source code and user manuals for internet routers, antenna technology and robot testing technology.”

Huawei faces three new counts in this superseding indictment, for a total of 16, including racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to steal trade secrets. The Trump administrationThe indictment alleges that Huawei stole trade secret and intellectual property information from six U.S. companies. In one instance, Huawei entered into a contract with an unnamed professor from a Chinese research university, prosecutors claimed. That professor contacted Huawei seeking access to a prototype memory board containing the U.S. company’s proprietary chip.

 

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HIT THEM HARD (!) Huawei: the most CORRUPT and UNWORTHY telecom. vendor provider that has ever set foot on the stage. It only takes a little time dealing (inside and outside) with them, to realize how doomed you are when banking your CapEx on them...

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