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Huawei heads to criminal racketeering trial in New York court

ABC News reports that federal jury selection is set to begin in a corporate fraud and trade secret case.

Updated Sep 8, 2026 · 15:48 UTC1 reports

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Jury selection begins Tuesday in New York for the criminal racketeering trial against Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies.[ABC News]
Federal prosecutors accuse Huawei of stealing technology, bank and wire fraud, violating sanctions in North Korea, and assisting Iranian surveillance.[ABC News]
Huawei denied the charges as demonstrably false, and Chinese officials condemned the prosecution as American economic bullying.[ABC News]

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in New York for Huawei Technologies' criminal racketeering trial.[ABC News]
The indictment accuses Huawei of stealing technology and trade secrets alongside wire and bank fraud.[ABC News]
Prosecutors allege Huawei operated in North Korea in breach of sanctions and installed surveillance tools used against Iranian protesters in 2009.[ABC News]
Huawei lawyers attempted to dismiss the case by arguing the allegations were vague and exceeded American legal reach.[ABC News]
Chinese officials denounced the charges as economic bullying using national security pretexts.[ABC News]

Huawei has contested the prosecution's allegations as demonstrably false, leaving the factual merits of the criminal charges to be determined at trial.[ABC News]

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