BREAKING: Justice Department charges two Chinese intelligence officers with trying to obstruct the DOJ's investigation of the telecommunications giant Huawei.
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during an event at DEA headquarters, in Arlington, Va., Sept. 27, 2022.The Justice Department has unsealed charges against two Chinese intelligence officers the agency alleges worked to obstruct the DOJ's investigation of the telecommunications giant Huawei.
The DOJ unsealed an indictment in 2019 charging Huawei in a RICO conspiracy stemming from the company's alleged practices "using fraud and deception to misappropriate sophisticated technology from U.S. counterparts." At the time, the department noted its investigation of Huawei remained ongoing.The indictment lays out in great detail He and Wang's alleged attempts to interfere and obstruct the probe.
At one point in October 2021, the indictment alleges, the undercover agent passed a single-page document to one of the Chinese intelligence officers that appeared to be classified as "SECRET" that detailed U.S. plans to arrest two principals from Huawei living in China. They paid the undercover $41,000 just for that single page, the indictment alleges.