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"This is a massive indictment of a company that has

June 25, 2018 by Devin Jones

"This is a massive indictment of a company that has been a pioneer in the field of cybersecurity and innovation for 15 years," said Michael Korsgaard, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "These indictments bring to light evidence of a culture of deception and the willful neglect of the public's best interests by Huawei that has been the subject of constant and significant debate."

The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's office has been conducting a series of investigations since Trump took office, including a probe into the Huawei hacking to determine whether the company had an active role in the election interference.

"We have a great deal of concern about Huawei and its corporate-bashing activities," said Steve Wolin, a senior technology law expert and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Center for Cybersecurity Policy in Washington.

The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York also has launched an ongoing probe into Huawei's financial activity, including a probe into the company's purchase of U.S.-based cell phone company T-Mobile.

Hao has faced growing criticism for using his position as Huawei's senior executive officer to steer the company's corporate-bashing efforts. He has also been accused of violating business and government secrecy laws that, he has said, are based on personal conduct by his company employees.

Huawei has denied any wrongdoing, and T-Mobile said in a statement Monday that it has "no problem" with the charges filed in the US.

"We never used our own internal testing lab or any other supplier's testing equipment to determine that T-Mobile's cell phone technology was working as advertised," T-Mobile said.

The two indictments allege that Chinese state-owned companies, including Huawei, have used the technology for the purpose of improving their competitors' performance and improving their prices.

"The technology is provided by China's state-owned companies to compete and to provide better customer service," said China's Huawei vice president and chief executive officer, Huang Jingliang. "This technology can give manufacturers more competitive advantage, since it can improve the quality of their products and improve their profit margins."

Huawei has previously said it paid Huawei customers more than $2 million a year, and that the company was one of the leading Chinese smartphone companies in the US and was among the first companies to pay $2.6 billion to settle lawsuits brought by US citizens seeking their data, or the right to use smartphones for government purposes.