华为在纽约面临刑事敲诈勒索审判

华为技术有限公司在纽约面临一项刑事敲诈勒索诉讼，被控窃取美国技术、密谋盗取美国商业机密、进行电汇和银行欺诈等多项罪名1。美国检察机关指控华为及其子公司通过香港壳公司Skycom违反美国制裁对伊朗销售设备，并指控公司向伊朗提供监控设备协助其监视2009年抗议者1。华为首席财务官孟晚舟被控向汇丰银行作出虚假陈述1。陪审团选择定于周二开始1。

华为律师已试图驳回指控，声称美国的指控过于模糊且存在域外适用问题1。孟晚舟2018年底在加拿大被捕，后于2021年9月在一项交换中被释放并返回中国1。作为该交换的一部分，美国撤回了对孟晚舟的引渡请求并表示将驳回对其的欺诈指控1。

美国于2019年初宣布了针对华为的刑事指控，并随后扩展了指控范围1。作为全球最大的无线电信网络设备供应商，华为已被禁止向美国运营商销售产品1。中国官方声称美国政府进行"经济霸凌"并以国家安全为借口"压制中国企业"1。

Huawei Technologies is set to stand trial in New York on racketeering and related charges, with jury selection scheduled to begin on Tuesday.1 The Chinese telecommunications giant faces accusations of stealing American technology, conspiring to misappropriate U.S. trade secrets, and committing wire and bank fraud.1 The company's legal team has sought to have the charges dismissed, arguing that the prosecution's allegations lack sufficient specificity and that the case presents extraterritorial application concerns.1

U.S. prosecutors allege that Huawei circumvented American sanctions against Iran by conducting equipment sales through a Hong Kong shell company called Skycom.1 Additionally, the indictment implicates the company's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, who is accused of making false statements to HSBC regarding the Iranian operations.1 Beyond the sanctions violations, Huawei and its subsidiaries are charged with conspiracy to provide surveillance equipment to Iran to monitor protesters during unrest in 2009.1

The legal proceedings represent the culmination of efforts initiated in early 2019, when U.S. authorities first announced criminal charges that have since been expanded.1 Meng Wanzhou's own case reached a resolution when she was arrested in Canada in late 2018 but was released and returned to China in September 2021 under a high-stakes exchange arrangement.1 As part of that deal, the United States withdrew its extradition request and agreed to dismiss the fraud charges against her.1 China's government has characterized the U.S. actions as "economic bullying" and accused Washington of using national security pretexts to suppress Chinese enterprises.1 Huawei remains the world's largest supplier of wireless telecommunications network equipment despite being barred from selling products to U.S. carriers.1