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Huawei Has Suspected Ties To Front Companies In Iran and Syria, New Documents Reveal (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The U.S. case against the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies, who was arrested in Canada last month, centers on the company's suspected ties to two obscure companies. One is a telecom equipment seller that operated in Tehran; the other is that firm's owner, a holding company registered in Mauritius. U.S. authorities allege CFO Meng Wanzhou deceived international banks into clearing transactions with Iran by claiming the two companies were independent of Huawei, when in fact Huawei controlled them. Huawei has maintained the two are independent: equipment seller Skycom Tech Co Ltd and shell company Canicula Holdings Ltd. But corporate filings and other documents found by Reuters in Iran and Syria show that Huawei, the world's largest supplier of telecommunications network equipment, is more closely linked to both firms than previously known.
The documents reveal that a high-level Huawei executive appears to have been appointed Skycom's Iran manager. They also show that at least three Chinese-named individuals had signing rights for both Huawei and Skycom bank accounts in Iran. Reuters also discovered that a Middle Eastern lawyer said Huawei conducted operations in Syria through Canicula. Huawei, U.S. authorities assert, retained control of Skycom, using it to sell telecom equipment to Iran and move money out via the international banking system. As a result of the deception, U.S. authorities say, banks unwittingly cleared hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions that potentially violated economic sanctions Washington had in place at the time against doing business with Iran.
The documents reveal that a high-level Huawei executive appears to have been appointed Skycom's Iran manager. They also show that at least three Chinese-named individuals had signing rights for both Huawei and Skycom bank accounts in Iran. Reuters also discovered that a Middle Eastern lawyer said Huawei conducted operations in Syria through Canicula. Huawei, U.S. authorities assert, retained control of Skycom, using it to sell telecom equipment to Iran and move money out via the international banking system. As a result of the deception, U.S. authorities say, banks unwittingly cleared hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions that potentially violated economic sanctions Washington had in place at the time against doing business with Iran.
It's not just Huawei doing shit like this, ALL Chinese-government owned companies have tentacles like this.
Chinese see getting away with this as an admirable trait. If you get caught you lose face but... setting up a situation like this is like chum in the water to chinese businesses.
Looks like someone can't get any succession from trade talks in Beijing.
In the other news, Iraq is suspected to possess large amount of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
what ever happened with iran contra trials
Those Saudi connections are really starting to pay off now.
I believe you meant to say "Whattabout" the unrelated 30+ year old issue you're bringing up now to distract, right? Stick to the script, the handlers wrote it carefully.
Ivan doesn't promote that sort of thing, quite the opposite. As a rule people that don't like Ivan are into that. They even blame Ivan of being homophobic at times.
So you're going to "Whattabout" in the open now, Ivan?
Hey look it's Ivan-Hackingbear with more FUD
More FUD on WMDs? Absolutely!
You're a faggot Ivan
It's actually crimes WELL beyond US sanctions. It's fraud to facilitate violating those sanctions. Huawei wants to sell to US, its allies and partners, and violate our laws. Nope! You have to pay the piper one way or another.
Get fucked China.
Is the real owner here. Any company that does business with China is subsidizing one of the most evil governments of all time. The ChiCom government is responsible for the mass murder of millions.
Corporatism != Free Market
I like how all the US shills pop up and call everyone critisizing the US "Ivan". Newsflash: Russians aren't the only ones that dislike the international bullying of the US. You guys are pretty unpopular in Europe these days too (speaking as a Norwegian here), and I know both Japan and South Korea quite dislike the international behaviour of the US too (at least the younger generation, dunno about the older ones). And yes, don't give me the talk about protecting us militarily â" many people here don't want US troops stationed on our soil, and would be happy to have a defence alliance with the rest of Europe instead of remaining in NATO.
And Iraq did 9/11... No, wait, Afghanistan did 9/11.. But we know that Saudi Arabia had absolutely nothing to do with it. He just went in to renew his passport.
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
It seems the good honest America can always manage to find "documents" that help their case, regardless of what it is. Even foreign intelligence agencies seem to have a tendency of documenting everything they do, and then leaving those documents to be found.
And in any case, the world needs to stand up to America's flippant bullshit trying to decide who is allowed to buy smartphones and mobile networks.
Trading with Iranian telecom operators is not a crime. Killing hundreds of thousands of people with drone strikes and sanctions is.
You're a faggot, Ivan
Not surprising. Europeans only like US policy when they get their free or discounted shit. Like USA nato air power and eqipment on the cheap, us support in Libya so EU can take all their oil with our help. Hell, you Scandinavians all gave obama a peace prize in advance as he waged crazy drone wars in syria and Libya years later. What a joke.
All of a sudden USA trying to reign in some of their own priorities and now Europeans up in arms, big surprise. Most Koreans i know are very pleased with US policy. Same with Japanese.
Whattabout whattabout whattabout Hackingbear Ivan?
Just imagine if this critical eye was aimed at, say, American arms dealers. Or the Bush and Clinton families. Or all the high profile politicians like Howard Dean and Tom Ridge who have been PR flacks for groups on the State Department's list as terrorists:
https://www.salon.com/2012/02/...
"rein in", you fat fuck.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I got one for you : John McCain had ties with ISIS but the MSM doesn't seem to be interested in reporting about that : https://en.azvision.az/news/51...
Sealed v Sealed indicates the appeals court is going to get the 50K/day fines levied. Gonna be tough collecting them directly, but if China wants to do business in the US there are lots of banking points to seize the funds.
He's exposing the fake facade that's USA foreign policy.
Now the average American is being exposed to the complete hypocritical foundation it lies upon
they should be thanking wow-way for enabling a communication medium from which resistance to repressive clubberment can be organized (or instigated) lol
Many thanks for sharing this very diverse opinion post where each expert has no doubt shared his best knowledge on the topic. Have more success in your journey geometry dash
...given he's decided to cede Syria to Iran and Turkey at the expense of the lives of the Kurds who helped us defeat ISIS he obviously supports Iran and Assad more than he lets on.
Don't you ever get sick of making things up?
"A number of financial institutions, including JP Morgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and international banks, were all judged guilty and paid enormous fines for violating sanctions in the last several years," Roach told CNBC's Eunice Yoon on Friday. "None of their executives, of course, went to jail — why is Huawei being singled out for the sanctions violations?"
Because it's only bad when other countries do it...
She signed the paper work saying that they were not working with iran and then it turns out she is controlling the very company.
Or are you just here to sow misinformation as usual?
The Chinese gov is obviously using these 2 to attack the west with.
Any evidence for this? Nope, just more FUD & lies.
You know China is Communist right? A very smart poster told me. So they can't possibly have publicly traded anything. Employees can't own stock, it's all owned by the Government. Look it's in the name.
You're telling me that the Clinton family is in business with Iran, and somehow that bit of dirt didn't get dug up at any point in the 2016 campaign?
You're telling me that the Clinton family is in business with Iran, and somehow that bit of dirt didn't get dug up at any point in the 2016 campaign?
No, but they were definitely in business with Russia, which they somehow tried to expose Trump as being as their foundation was benefitting from doing business with oligarchs.
Trading with country Uncle Sam slapped with unilateral sanctions because of inability to bomb the hell out of said country ?
but working with them and syria, etc to use it against the west.
Use what against the west? A mobile phone network? More FUD from you Windy.