The US Justice Department has unsealed charges against two alleged Chinese spies who are accused of interfering with a federal prosecution of China-based telecommunications company Huawei
According to charging documents, the Chinese telecommunications company was facing federal prosecution in Brooklyn, New York. Though the indictment does not name the company, a person familiar with the investigation confirmed to CNN that the company is Huawei. The two alleged spies were charged with obstructing the Justice Department’s prosecution against Huawei.
According to charging documents, He and Wang asked the law enforcement officials to tape prosecutors during trial strategy meetings so that they could share non-public information with Huawei. The US official gave the two alleged Chinese spies a photograph of a single-page document with a fake “classified” marking related to the case instead, according to the indictment. The US official was allegedly paid $41,000 for the document.