{"id":23829,"date":"2022-10-25T03:55:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T07:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23829"},"modified":"2022-10-25T03:55:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T07:55:35","slug":"us-charges-alleged-chinese-spies-in-telecoms-probe-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/10\/25\/us-charges-alleged-chinese-spies-in-telecoms-probe-case\/","title":{"rendered":"US charges alleged Chinese spies in telecoms probe case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two Chinese nationals have been charged with paying thousands of dollars in cash and jewellery to obstruct a federal investigation into a major telecommunications company.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to prosecutors, the two men attempted to recruit a US law enforcement official as an intelligence asset to help interfere with the probe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The official, however, was working as a double agent for the FBI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Eleven other Chinese citizens were also charged in two other spying cases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to charging documents, the two men – identified as Gouchun He and Zheng Wang – attempted to cultivate a relationship with a US law enforcement official and sought details of the investigation, including witnesses, evidence and potential criminal charges. They also asked the official to secretly record trial strategy meetings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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While the company was not named in the documents or by Attorney General Merrick Garland at a news conference on Monday, US media has reported it to be China-headquartered tech giant Huawei, citing sources familiar with the investigation. US officials declined to identify the company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This was an egregious attempt by PRC (People’s Republic of China) intelligence officers to shield a PRC based company from accountability and to undermine the integrity of our judicial system,” Mr Garland said,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The two alleged spies paid the official tens of thousands of dollars in cash and jewellery, including $41,000 in Bitcoin for a photograph of a single page – marked “classified” – that purported to discuss a plan to charge and arrest company officials. Additional payments were made as recently as last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Unknown to the alleged spies, the US official was working on behalf of the FBI and passed along fake documents, Mr Garland told reporters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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