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发帖数: 14 | 1 Probes起因和中兴有很大关系， 已经probe了一年
”Internal ZTE documents posted on the Commerce Department website cited a
rival, referred to only as “F7,” as also violating U.S. export controls in
sales of equipment to Iran.
A group of Republican lawmakers pushed the Trump administration last April
to investigate and identify F7, citing news reports that have highlighted
the similarities between the company described in the documents and Huawei.
The FBI and OFAC investigations into Huawei have been going on since at
least early 2017, according to one of the people with knowledge of the
probes, who asked not to be identified because he isn’t authorized to speak
about the matter.“
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-25/fbi-is-said-to-probe-
huawei-for-possible-sanctions-violations
The U.S. Justice Department has joined two other agencies probing Huawei
Technologies Co. for possible violations of sanctions banning sales to Iran,
according to two people familiar with the matter.
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is overseen by the
Justice Department, have been looking into transactions by the Shenzhen,
China-based mobile and telecommunications giant, the people said. According
to one of them, the criminal inquiry grew out of an earlier sanctions-
violation probe that ultimately led to penalties against another Chinese
technology company, ZTE Corp.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC,
which enforces sanctions, and the Department of Commerce are also looking
into Huawei’s transactions. The Commerce Department in 2016 issued an
administrative subpoena aimed at Huawei, China’s largest maker of
telecommunications equipment, seeking information about whether it was
sending U.S. technology to rogue nations including Syria, Iran and North
Korea.
Earlier this month, the Commerce Department banned ZTE, China’s second-
biggest network equipment maker, from buying U.S.-made components as
punishment for violating a sanctions settlement over transactions with Iran
and North Korea. ZTE had previously reached a settlement with the Commerce
Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, and pleaded guilty as part of
a sanctions-violations agreement with the Justice Department. ZTE agreed to
pay $892 million in fines and forfeitures in the Justice Department deal,
at the time the largest U.S. criminal fine against a Chinese company, with
additional fines if it failed to comply with the deal.
Internal ZTE documents posted on the Commerce Department website cited a
rival, referred to only as “F7,” as also violating U.S. export controls in
sales of equipment to Iran.
A group of Republican lawmakers pushed the Trump administration last April
to investigate and identify F7, citing news reports that have highlighted
the similarities between the company described in the documents and Huawei.
The FBI and OFAC investigations into Huawei have been going on since at
least early 2017, according to one of the people with knowledge of the
probes, who asked not to be identified because he isn’t authorized to speak
about the matter.
Glenn Schloss, a spokesman for Huawei in Shenzhen, declined to comment about
the probes. The company has said it complies with all applicable laws and
regulations where it operates, including U.S. export controls and sanctions
laws and regulations, and that it “actively cooperates” with government
agencies regarding its compliance.
A spokesman for the Justice Department declined to comment.
Separately, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously
last week to ban federal funds from being used to purchase networking gear
from companies determined to be a national security risk, dealing another
blow to ZTE and Huawei. The measure has yet to be finalized. FCC Chairman
Ajit Pai cited the risk of “hidden ‘back doors’ to our networks in
routers, switches and other equipment” that could “allow hostile foreign
powers to inject viruses and other malware.”
Schloss, the Huawei spokesman, said those allegations aren’t true.
“We pose no security threat in any country,” he said. “U.S. authorities
should not base government decisions on speculation or rumor. In 30 years,
not a single operator has experienced a security issue with our equipment.”
Huawei was founded in 1988 by former Chinese army engineer Ren Zhengfei,
leading to congressional concerns over Chinese military and government
influence at the company. In addition to producing networking gear and other
electronics, it was the globe’s No. 3 smartphone seller last year behind
Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc.
Huawei has faced several setbacks in the U.S. this year. AT&T Inc. and
Verizon Communications Inc., the biggest U.S. carriers, dropped plans to
sell Huawei’s latest smartphones. Then, consumer electronics retailer Best
Buy Co. stopped selling Huawei phones, laptops and smartwatches.
Huawei maintains research and development facilities in Texas, New Jersey,
California and four other U.S. states, all of which provide technology for
Huawei’s global operations.
Despite the setbacks, Huawei said last month that 2017 net income rose 28
percent and that growth in markets from the Middle East to Africa have it
targeting record sales of $102.2 billion this year. Earlier Wednesday, the
company dropped a planned dollar-denominated bond sale and delayed pricing a
European offering. |
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