Meng Wanzhou’s ‘lies’ to HSBC are a clear case of fraud, Canadian lawyer tells extradition hearing

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3047260/meng-wanzhous-alleged-lies-hsbc-are-clear-case-fraud-canadian-lawyer

• In third day of hearings over whether Huawei CFO should be extradited to the US, government lawyer says charges meet extradition standard

• Meng, held in Vancouver for 13 months, argues that her alleged behaviour is no crime in Canada

A Canadian government lawyer has firmly rejected claims by Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou that she should be freed at her extradition hearing in Vancouver, saying that her alleged lies to HSBC about the tech firm’s business in Iran amount to a clear case of fraud.

“Ours is not a complex theory … lying to a bank in order to get economic services is fraud,” said Robert Frater, adding that Meng’s case thus passed the test of “double criminality” required to send her to the US to face trial.