>>8125754

DOJ Hands Down Massive Indictment Against Chinese Telecoms Giant Huawei

submit to reddit

Only a few days after it was revealed that the Department of Justice charged Chinese military hackers with the 2017 Equifax breach, the DOJ has handed down a massive superseding indictment against Chinese telecommunications conglomerate Huawei.

The charges are numerous and include: racketeering (RICO), conspiracy to steal trade secrets, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to violate International Emergency Economic Powers Act, money laundering and obstruction of justice.

Per the DOJ:

The 16-count superseding indictment also adds a charge of conspiracy to steal trade secrets stemming from the China-based company’s alleged long-running practice of using fraud and deception to misappropriate sophisticated technology from U.S. counterparts.

[…]

As revealed by the government’s independent investigation and review of court filings, the new charges in this case relate to the alleged decades-long efforts by Huawei, and several of its subsidiaries, both in the U.S. and in the People’s Republic of China, to misappropriate intellectual property, including from six U.S. technology companies, in an effort to grow and operate Huawei’s business. The misappropriated intellectual property included trade secret information and copyrighted works, such as source code and user manuals for internet routers, antenna technology and robot testing technology. Huawei, Huawei USA and Futurewei agreed to reinvest the proceeds of this alleged racketeering activity in Huawei’s worldwide business, including in the United States.

The 56-page superseding indictment in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York names Huawei and its subsidiaries, Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Skycom Tech Co., LTD., and Wanzhou Meng (a.k.a, Cathy Meng and Sabrina Meng) as defendants.

This indictment is loaded with incredibly detailed allegations of criminal behavior. Here's a big one: Huawei controls an unofficial subsidiary called Skycom that's enabled the Iran to conduct vast domestic surveillance. Then everyone lied about it. https://t.co/Z3ipfhotcy pic.twitter.com/kZWeLjffTt

— Jeff Stone (@jeffstone500) February 13, 2020

The U.S. government says that Huawei successfully stole “trade secrets and other sophisticated U.S. technology” and that the defendants, when confronted with their alleged crimes, “made repeated misstatements to U.S. officials, including FBI agents and representatives from the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, regarding their efforts to misappropriate trade secrets.”

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/doj-hands-down-massive-indictment-against-chinese-telecoms-giant-huawei/

https://www.scribd.com/document/446935277/Huawei-indictment#from_embed

>>8125855

It's great when images work.

JUST IN: A 6-year-old South Carolina girl has been found dead, authorities said Thursday, three days after she vanished outside her home.

A 6-year-old South Carolina girl has been found dead, authorities said Thursday, three days after she vanished outside her home.

The death of first-grader Faye Swetlik is being treated as a homicide, Cayce Department of Public Safety officials said Thursday.

Faye was last seen around 3:45 p.m. Monday. She had gotten off the school bus and was playing in front of her home in Cayce, just outside of Columbia, according to the Cayce Department of Public Safety.

Her disappearance sparked a massive, three-day search.

Investigators knocked on every door in her neighborhood, combed through hundreds of hours of video and interviewed witnesses, officials said Wednesday.

"She’s not the type of kid that will up and walk away," her family said in a statement earlier this week. "Faye pays attention to her surroundings."

This story is developing. Please check back for updates.

https://twitter.com/ABCWorldNews/status/1228035448590733312

BREAKING:

With Senator Kaine’s War Powers Resolution now passed,

A bipartisan majority of Senators just sent a clear shot across the bow saying President Trump cannot wage war without Congress’s explicit approval.

https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1228039083437568006

>>8126188

Senate passes Iran War Powers resolution in a 55-45 vote, despite President Trump's opposition

>>8126197

Didn't POTUS say he didn't think he would have to veto giving the indication he probably will if it came to this?

'No evidence of any wrongdoing': Ethics commission releases findings of Eric Greitens investigation

Nearly two years after Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a rising star in the Republican Party, resigned in the wake of misconduct allegations, an ethics commission announced that it found no evidence of wrongdoing.

The Missouri Ethics Commission released its findings on Thursday and concluded that although there were two violations in reporting of in-kind contributions, no other wrongdoing was found, despite numerous and varied allegations leveled against the former governor.

“After a review of the complaint, 235 pages of supporting documentation; the issuance of 23 subpoenas, which resulted in the production of roughly 8,000 multi-page documents, emails, and videos; approximately 20 interviews conducted by Commission investigators. … The MEC found no evidence of any wrongdoing on the part of Eric Greitens, individually, and no evidence that Governor Greitens knew of the two reporting violations,” the panel wrote.

The commission also conducted a “review of publicly available documents provided on the Internet by the Federal Election Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Communications Commission” as part of the lengthy investigation.

Despite the panel’s finding of two reporting violations, “The Commission did not find reasonable grounds to support the remaining allegations contained in the complaint filed with the Commission," it wrote.

Greitens, a 45-year-old former Rhodes Scholar and Navy SEAL, told the Washington Examiner that he was pleased that “the truth has won out.”

“It’s good to have been exonerated, and I’m glad to have been vindicated,” Greitens said. “I’m grateful the truth has won out, but this was never really about me — they launched this attack because we were fighting for the people of Missouri.”

Although the determination is a significant win for Greitens, it is a small consolation for a political figure once pegged as a future presidential candidate.

Former Gov. Eric Greitens

In this May 17, 2018, photo, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens stands off to the side before stepping up to the podium to deliver remarks to a small group of supporters near the capitol announcing the release of funds for the state's biodiesel program in Jefferson City, Mo.

(Jeff Roberson/AP)

The former governor, who was once named one of Time’s 100 most influential people, resigned in June 2018 after a political and sexual scandal turned into a possible impeachment scenario. Although he was indicted in February 2018 on two counts, one of invasion of privacy and another of computer tampering, both charges were later dropped.

The invasion of privacy charge was tied to accusations that he blackmailed a woman who he was having an extramarital affair with. Greitens admitted he was involved in an affair with the woman, but denied he blackmailed her.

The computer privacy charge came from allegations that he knowingly deceived the state ethics commission about how he obtained a donor list from a charity for veterans.

From the start, Greitens and his allies said that the accusations leveled against him were part of a political attack and characterized the entire situation as a “ witch hunt.”

A person close to Greitens told the Washington Examiner at the conclusion of the ethics investigation that the former governor did not intend to run for any political office this year but would likely “leave his options” open for future endeavors.

The friend said that Greitens was writing a book and working to launch a new service organization.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/no-evidence-of-any-wrongdoing-ethics-commission-releases-findings-of-eric-greitens-investigation

Senate Press Gallery

@SenatePress

The #Senate passed SJ Res 68, the Iran war powers resolution 55-45.

Senators voting in favor: All Democrats and Independents; 8 Republicans: Alexander, Cassidy, Collins, Lee, Moran, Murkowski, Paul and Young.

The next roll call vote is likely on Monday February 24th.

https://twitter.com/SenatePress/status/1228033483697721347

Now we know who the 8 Republicans are.

>>8126325

Great, I smell a veto on the horizon.