Huawei faces 12 felony counts in New York federal court on decades-old criminal charges
Nearly eight years after the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed its initial indictment, Huawei is facing 12 felony charges in a New York federal court. According to ICIJ reporter Jacob Silverman, who attended the trial's opening days as part of ICIJ's China Capital investigation, the charges span decades of alleged criminal activity. ICIJ's reporting found that Huawei leveraged close relationships with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to shield itself from fallout after the 2018 arrest of CFO Meng Wanzhou.
✓ Verified
- ✓Huawei faces 12 felony charges in New York federal court. (ICIJ, DOJ records, 13 mainstream outlets)
- ✓The initial indictment was unsealed approximately eight years before the current trial (2018). (ICIJ, public court records)
- ✓Meng Wanzhou, Huawei CFO, was arrested in 2018. (ICIJ, mainstream reporting)
~ Interpretation
- ~Huawei used its relationship with ICBC to insulate itself from consequences of Meng's arrest. (ICIJ #ChinaCapital investigation argument, not independently verified as fact)
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