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Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant, was charged with a series of crimes by the US on Monday, in an escalation of hostilities between the world’s biggest economic powers.
The US justice department said Huawei had based its global expansion on “lies and deceit”. It accused the firm and its executives of stealing trade secrets, laundering money, obstructing justice and defrauding banks to elude US sanctions.
Matthew Whitaker, the acting attorney general, said criminal offending at Huawei went “all the way to the top of the company”. He announced that grand juries in Seattle and New York had issued indictments on 23 criminal charges.
HideKirstjen Nielsen, the US homeland security secretary, said Huawei had operated a scheme that had been “detrimental to the security of the United States” by undermining sanctions against Iran.
The company, which is the world’s biggest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, has consistently denied wrongdoing.
Huawei is accused by the US of stealing robot technology from T-Mobile for making smartphones. The FBI said it obtained emails showing that in 2013, the company offered bonuses to employees based on the value of information they stole from other companies and sent home via an encrypted email address.
Engineers from Huawei measured and took photographs of the robot, “Tappy”, and even stole a piece of it for replication in China, prosecutors said, and were falsely disowned as rogue employees by the company when they were caught.
The company and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, are also accused of defrauding banks and lying to the US to get around economic sanctions on Iran. They claimed to have sold an Iranian subsidiary but had actually sold it to themselves, US prosecutors said.
Meng, 46, who is the daughter of the company’s founder, was arrested in Canada on 1 December following a request by the US, which will now seek to extradite her. She is accused of personally making a presentation to a “major banking partner” in which she “repeatedly lied” about the company’s relationship to the subsidiary, Skycom.
Meng is currently under house arrest and the US justice department has until 30 January to file a formal extradition request.
Another senior executive falsely told FBI agents that Huawei did not directly deal with Iranian companies, according to US authorities, and falsely said Huawei complied with all US export laws.
The charges said Huawei had also obstructed justice by concealing or destroying evidence about its Iranian subsidiary, and even moving potential witnesses who knew about the fraud back to China so they could not be reached by US investigators.
Prosecutors said that, as a corporate entity, Huawei could be punished by a fine of three times the value of the stolen trade secret, and up to $500,000 for wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
The charges are likely to raise tensions between China and the US amid a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. They were unveiled shortly before trade talks between American and Chinese officials were due to resume.
Meanwhile, Meng’s arrest in Vancouver has provoked the detention and alleged abuse of two Canadian citizens in China, amid an ongoing diplomatic row between the two countries.
Huawei has long been considered a cybersecurity risk by US authorities. The Trump administration has pressured American technology companies to not use Huawei components, and have asked allied governments to do the same.
Whitaker said on Monday: “China must hold its citizens and Chinese companies accountable for complying with the law.”
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Marekani imeishtaki kampuni kubwa ya mawasiliano ya China, Huawei na afisaa mkuu wake wa fedha, Meng Wanzhou.
Mashataka hayo ni pamoja na ubadhirifu wa fedha, kupinga utekelezaji wa haki na wizi wa teknolojia.
Kesi hiyo huenda ikazua mgogoro wa kibiashara kati ya Marekani na China hali ambayo itaathiri biashara ya kampuni hiyo.
Katika taarifa, Huawei imesema kuwa "imeghadhabishwa na mashtaka dhidi ya yake".
Imesema kuwa haikufanya makosa yote "yanayodaiwa ilitekeleza" na kwamba"haina ufahamu wa kosa alilotekeleza Bi Meng".
Meng ambaye ni binti wa mwanzilishi wa Huawei, alikamatwa nchini Canada mwezi uliyopita kufuatia ombi la Marekani kwa madai ya kukiuka vikwazo vyake dhidi ya Iran.
"Kwa miaka sasa, kampuni za China zimekiuka sheria zetu za biashara ya kimataifa, hatua ambayo inahujumu vikwazo vyetu na mara nyingine kutumia mfumo wa fedha wa Marakani kuendesha shughuli zao haramu. Hili lazima likomeshwe," alisema waziri wa biashara wa Marekani, Wilbur Ross.
Huawei ni ya pili duniani kwa uundaji wa simu nyingi za aina ya smartphone
Mashtaka ni yapi ?
Mashtaka hayo yanadai kuwa Huawei iliipotosha Marekani na benki ya kimataifa na kufanya biashara na Iran kupitia kampuni zake mbili za mawasiliano,Huawei Device USA na Skycom Tech.
Utawala wa rais Donald Trump ulirejesha vikwazo vyote dhidi ya Iran vilivyokuwa vimeondolewa chini ya mkataba wa kimataifa wa Nuklia uliyofikiwa mwaka 2015.
Kesi ya pili inadai kuwa Huawei iliiba teknolojia kutoka kwa T Mobile kufanyia majaribio ya kudumu kwa yake, pamoja na kupinga sheria na ubadhirifu wa fedha kupitia mtandao.
Huawei ni mojawapo ya kampuni kubwa ya mawasiliano na usambazaji wa simu duniani, ambayo hivi karibuni iliishinda Apple na kuwa ya pili kwa uundaji wa simu aina ya smartphone baada ya Samsung.
Lakini Marekani na mataifa mengine ya magharibi yana hofu kuwa serikali ya China huenda ikatumia teknolojia ya kampuni ya Huawei kuimarisha uwezo wake wa kijasusi, japo kampuni hiyo inasisitiza kuwa haina ushirikiano wowote wa kibiashara na serikali.
Hatua ya kukamatwa kwa Bi Meng, binti ya mwanzilishi wa Huawei iliikasirisha China.
Alikamatwa Disemba mosi mwaka jana nchini Canada katika mji wa magharibi wa Vancouver kufuatia ombi la Marekani.
Baadae mahakama ilimuachiliwa kwa dhamana ya dola milioni 76.
The US justice department said Huawei had based its global expansion on “lies and deceit”. It accused the firm and its executives of stealing trade secrets, laundering money, obstructing justice and defrauding banks to elude US sanctions.
Matthew Whitaker, the acting attorney general, said criminal offending at Huawei went “all the way to the top of the company”. He announced that grand juries in Seattle and New York had issued indictments on 23 criminal charges.
HideKirstjen Nielsen, the US homeland security secretary, said Huawei had operated a scheme that had been “detrimental to the security of the United States” by undermining sanctions against Iran.
The company, which is the world’s biggest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, has consistently denied wrongdoing.
Huawei is accused by the US of stealing robot technology from T-Mobile for making smartphones. The FBI said it obtained emails showing that in 2013, the company offered bonuses to employees based on the value of information they stole from other companies and sent home via an encrypted email address.
Engineers from Huawei measured and took photographs of the robot, “Tappy”, and even stole a piece of it for replication in China, prosecutors said, and were falsely disowned as rogue employees by the company when they were caught.
The company and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, are also accused of defrauding banks and lying to the US to get around economic sanctions on Iran. They claimed to have sold an Iranian subsidiary but had actually sold it to themselves, US prosecutors said.
Meng, 46, who is the daughter of the company’s founder, was arrested in Canada on 1 December following a request by the US, which will now seek to extradite her. She is accused of personally making a presentation to a “major banking partner” in which she “repeatedly lied” about the company’s relationship to the subsidiary, Skycom.
Meng is currently under house arrest and the US justice department has until 30 January to file a formal extradition request.
Another senior executive falsely told FBI agents that Huawei did not directly deal with Iranian companies, according to US authorities, and falsely said Huawei complied with all US export laws.
The charges said Huawei had also obstructed justice by concealing or destroying evidence about its Iranian subsidiary, and even moving potential witnesses who knew about the fraud back to China so they could not be reached by US investigators.
Prosecutors said that, as a corporate entity, Huawei could be punished by a fine of three times the value of the stolen trade secret, and up to $500,000 for wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
The charges are likely to raise tensions between China and the US amid a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. They were unveiled shortly before trade talks between American and Chinese officials were due to resume.
Meanwhile, Meng’s arrest in Vancouver has provoked the detention and alleged abuse of two Canadian citizens in China, amid an ongoing diplomatic row between the two countries.
Huawei has long been considered a cybersecurity risk by US authorities. The Trump administration has pressured American technology companies to not use Huawei components, and have asked allied governments to do the same.
Whitaker said on Monday: “China must hold its citizens and Chinese companies accountable for complying with the law.”
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Marekani imeishtaki kampuni kubwa ya mawasiliano ya China, Huawei na afisaa mkuu wake wa fedha, Meng Wanzhou.
Mashataka hayo ni pamoja na ubadhirifu wa fedha, kupinga utekelezaji wa haki na wizi wa teknolojia.
Kesi hiyo huenda ikazua mgogoro wa kibiashara kati ya Marekani na China hali ambayo itaathiri biashara ya kampuni hiyo.
Katika taarifa, Huawei imesema kuwa "imeghadhabishwa na mashtaka dhidi ya yake".
Imesema kuwa haikufanya makosa yote "yanayodaiwa ilitekeleza" na kwamba"haina ufahamu wa kosa alilotekeleza Bi Meng".
Meng ambaye ni binti wa mwanzilishi wa Huawei, alikamatwa nchini Canada mwezi uliyopita kufuatia ombi la Marekani kwa madai ya kukiuka vikwazo vyake dhidi ya Iran.
"Kwa miaka sasa, kampuni za China zimekiuka sheria zetu za biashara ya kimataifa, hatua ambayo inahujumu vikwazo vyetu na mara nyingine kutumia mfumo wa fedha wa Marakani kuendesha shughuli zao haramu. Hili lazima likomeshwe," alisema waziri wa biashara wa Marekani, Wilbur Ross.
Huawei ni ya pili duniani kwa uundaji wa simu nyingi za aina ya smartphone
Mashtaka ni yapi ?
Mashtaka hayo yanadai kuwa Huawei iliipotosha Marekani na benki ya kimataifa na kufanya biashara na Iran kupitia kampuni zake mbili za mawasiliano,Huawei Device USA na Skycom Tech.
Utawala wa rais Donald Trump ulirejesha vikwazo vyote dhidi ya Iran vilivyokuwa vimeondolewa chini ya mkataba wa kimataifa wa Nuklia uliyofikiwa mwaka 2015.
Kesi ya pili inadai kuwa Huawei iliiba teknolojia kutoka kwa T Mobile kufanyia majaribio ya kudumu kwa yake, pamoja na kupinga sheria na ubadhirifu wa fedha kupitia mtandao.
Huawei ni mojawapo ya kampuni kubwa ya mawasiliano na usambazaji wa simu duniani, ambayo hivi karibuni iliishinda Apple na kuwa ya pili kwa uundaji wa simu aina ya smartphone baada ya Samsung.
Lakini Marekani na mataifa mengine ya magharibi yana hofu kuwa serikali ya China huenda ikatumia teknolojia ya kampuni ya Huawei kuimarisha uwezo wake wa kijasusi, japo kampuni hiyo inasisitiza kuwa haina ushirikiano wowote wa kibiashara na serikali.
Hatua ya kukamatwa kwa Bi Meng, binti ya mwanzilishi wa Huawei iliikasirisha China.
Alikamatwa Disemba mosi mwaka jana nchini Canada katika mji wa magharibi wa Vancouver kufuatia ombi la Marekani.
Baadae mahakama ilimuachiliwa kwa dhamana ya dola milioni 76.
