Huawei Consistently Denies Charges Of Trade Secret Theft

On Thursday, during a federal court in Seattle, Huawei insisted that it was innocent and denied stealing trade secrets, according to reports.

Notably, as stated by the Associated Press, the Chinese tech giant was previously slammed with ten indictments in the same court back in January 2019.

The allegations against Huawei consist of trade secret theft, trade secret theft attempts, obstruction of justice, and wire fraud. As a result of the conspiracy charge, the company faces a $5 million fine, otherwise three times of the total value of the trade secrets they stole, depending on which one is greater.

The case involved Tappy, a robot that T-Mobile developed to conduct torture tests on phones. The suit accused a Huawei employee of attempts to steal Tappy’s arm, and reports say Huawei encourage this kind of behaviors so that the company can collect more information to build its robot. In 2017, T-Mobile sued over the matter and received a $4.8 million award.

Richardo S. Martinez, a District Judge of the US, scheduled a trial date for March 2020 to settle the case.

In addition, the Chinese electronics maker is facing 13 charges in New York. Accordingly, the company violated US economic sanctions against Iran and lied to banks.

Ren Zhengfei, Huawei founder

In separate news, on Friday, Canada’s Department of Justice said the country could move forward with a hearing on the extradition decision. In its release, the Justice Department said the decision is made after a thorough and careful review of the case’s evidence. The department feels satisfied that the case has met the set of requirements from the Extradition Act to issue an Authority to Proceed and there is enough evidence to verify the decision of extradition.

In December 2018, the Canadian government arrested Meng and has since held her in the country. Meng allegedly violated US sanctions against Iran by doing business with the country.