Foreign Relations & International Law

Document: Indictment of Huawei, Huawei Subsidiaries and CFO Meng Wanzhou

Lev Sugarman
Monday, January 28, 2019, 5:23 PM

The Justice Department has unsealed a 13-count indictment in the Eastern District of New York charging Chinese telecom giant Huawei, its U.S. and Iranian subsidiaries and its Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou with financial fraud, sanctions violations, obstruction of justice and other charges. The indictment is available here and below.

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The Justice Department has unsealed a 13-count indictment in the Eastern District of New York charging Chinese telecom giant Huawei, its U.S. and Iranian subsidiaries and its Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou with financial fraud, sanctions violations, obstruction of justice and other charges. The indictment is available here and below.

The department also unsealed charges against Huawei for theft of trade secrets, attempted theft of trade secrets, wire fraud and obstruction of justice regarding the company's alleged theft of trade secrets from T-Mobile. The indictment is available here and below.

Video of the press conference is also available below. In response to a question, Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker stated that the Mueller investigation is "close to being completed."


Lev Sugarman is an intern at Lawfare and a research intern at the Brookings Institution focusing on national security law. He is a senior in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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