GoKawiilHuawei's criminal racketeering trial opens in New York with jury selection
Jury selection begins in a long-running federal case against Huawei Technologies, which faces charges including wire and bank fraud, trade secret theft, and violating U.S. sanctions on North Korea. Prosecutors also allege Huawei equipment helped Iran surveil protesters during 2009 demonstrations. Huawei has called the government's case 'demonstrably false' and previously sought to have it dismissed as vague and overreaching.
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The trial marks a major escalation in the years-long U.S.-China standoff over Huawei, a company already barred from American telecom networks and blacklisted by allies like Canada and Britain over security concerns. A conviction could further isolate Huawei globally just as it pushes into AI chipmaking, while the outcome will likely factor into broader U.S.-China trade and tech tensions.
- Huawei faces racketeering charges including fraud, trade secret theft, and sanctions violations.
- Allegations date back to the first Trump administration and have since been expanded.
- Huawei denies wrongdoing and calls the prosecution's narrative false, while pivoting toward AI chipmaking.
Source: fastcompany.com, 2026-09-08
Published there as: “China’s leading tech company is facing a racketeering trial in New York”
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