U.S. charges Huawei, CFO Meng Wanzhou with financial fraud
02 February 2019 |
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U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against Huawei Technologies Co., China’s largest smartphone maker, alleging it stole trade secrets from an American rival and committed bank fraud by violating sanctions against doing business with Iran.
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