Overview
- The federal racketeering trial in Brooklyn, which began on September 9, has prosecutors laying out a multi‑count case that treats Huawei as an organized criminal enterprise.
- Charges include racketeering, money laundering, bank and wire fraud, obstruction, sanctions violations, and conspiring to steal trade secrets from U.S. firms.
- Prosecutors allege theft of specific technologies such as Cisco router source code and a T‑Mobile phone‑testing robot, plus schemes to hide Huawei’s Iran work to move U.S. dollars through banks.
- A U.S. judge has allowed admissions made by Meng Wanzhou under a prior deferred prosecution agreement to be used as evidence, strengthening the government’s case.
- Huawei says it is not guilty and argues isolated employee misconduct is being portrayed as company policy, while Beijing condemns the prosecution and the trial could affect U.S. export controls and diplomatic talks.