Chinese company Huawei Technologies pleaded not guilty in a New York federal court to new charges in a case against the company in 2018. The latest indictment against the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker has accused the company of planning to steal trade secrets. of six US tech companies over two decades, lying about their activities in North Korea and helping Iran. follow protesters during anti-government protests that took place in the country in 2009. The US government previously accused Huawei of bank fraud and breaching sanctions against Iran by using an alleged front company called Skycom Tech Co to obtain US goods and move money using the international banking system. Last year, the company also pleaded not guilty.
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In the latest case against Huawei, a US lawyer for the company named Thomas Green has pleaded not guilty on behalf of the company and three subsidiaries, including its US research arm Futurewei Technologies Inc, in an indictment before the Brooklyn United States District Court. Joined. Huawei's chief financial officer and the daughter of the company's CEO and founder, Ren Zhengfei Meng Wanzhou, are currently fighting extradition from Canada as part of the original indictment in the case. She is accused of misrepresenting the company's relationship with Skycom with the world bank HSBC, although she said he was innocent. Huawei said the new charges against the company are clearly aimed at damaging the company's reputation for competitive reasons. Last year, Reuters reported that an internal HSBC investigation had led to the first US charges against Huawei and its chief financial officer. In a letter sent to the court in February, Huawei's lawyers said they have the right to see HSBC's investigative documents. The firm claims US prosecutors have ignored HSBC's sanctions violations against Iran in exchange for cooperation with its Huawei investigation. At the Brooklyn hearing, assistant federal attorney Alexander Solomon said prosecutors would work with the company to respond to a request to see the HSBC documents. via Reuters