China’s leading tech company is facing a racketeering trial in New York

Charges against Huawei Technologies include wire and bank fraud.

Signs promoting 5G wireless technology from Chinese technology firm Huawei are displayed at the PT Expo in Beijing on Sept. 26, 2018. [Photo: Mark Schiefelbein, File/AP Photo]

Huawei Technologies, a leading Chinese tech company, faces a criminal racketeering trial in New York over charges that it stole technology, plotted to steal U.S. trade secrets and committed wire and bank fraud, among other crimes.Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday.The indictment alleges that, besides stealing trade secrets, Huawei and some of its subsidiaries did business in North Korea despite U.S. sanctions there and installed surveillance equipment that helped Iran spy on protesters during 2009 anti-government demonstrations........

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