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LONDON\/DUBAI: China's Huawei Technologies<\/a> acted to cover up its relationship with a firm that had tried to sell prohibited U.S. computer gear to Iran, after Reuters in 2013 reported deep links between the firm and the telecom-equipment giant's chief financial officer, newly obtained internal Huawei<\/a> documents show.
Huawei has long described the firm - Skycom<\/a> Tech Co Ltd - as a separate local business partner in Iran. Now, documents obtained by Reuters show how the Chinese tech titan effectively controlled Skycom. The documents, reported here for the first time, are part of a trove of internal Huawei and Skycom Iran-related business records - including memos, letters and contractual agreements - that Reuters has reviewed.
One document described how Huawei scrambled in early 2013 to try to \"separate\" itself from Skycom out of concern over trade sanctions on Tehran. To that end, this and other documents show, Huawei took a series of actions - including changing the managers of Skycom, shutting down Skycom's Tehran office and forming another business in Iran to take over tens of millions of dollars worth of Skycom contracts.
The revelations in the new documents could buttress a high-profile criminal case being pursued by U.S. authorities against Huawei and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, who is also the daughter of Huawei's founder. The United States has been trying to get Meng extradited from Canada, where she was arrested in December 2018. A Canadian judge last week allowed the case to continue, rejecting defense arguments that the U.S. charges against Meng do not constitute crimes in Canada.
A U.S. indictment alleges that Huawei and Meng participated in a fraudulent scheme to obtain prohibited U.S. goods and technology for Huawei's Iran-based business via Skycom, and move money out of Iran by deceiving a major bank. The indictment alleges that Skycom was an \"unofficial subsidiary\" of Huawei, not a local partner.
Huawei and Meng have denied the criminal charges, which include bank fraud, wire fraud and other allegations. Skycom, which was registered in Hong Kong and was dissolved in 2017, is also a defendant. At one point, Huawei was a shareholder in Skycom but, according to corporate filings, sold its stake more than a decade ago.
The newly obtained documents appear to undermine Huawei's claims that Skycom was just a business partner. They offer a behind-the-scenes look at some of what transpired at the two companies inside Iran seven years ago and how intertwined the companies were. The documents are variously written in English, Chinese and Farsi.
Huawei declined to comment for this story.
China's foreign ministry said the United States was politicizing economic and trade issues, which is not in the interest of Chinese or American firms. \"We urge the United States to immediately stop its unreasonable suppression of Chinese firms including Huawei,\" it said. It referred specific questions about this story to Huawei.
'NORMAL BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP'
Reuters reported in March that Huawei had produced internal company records in 2010, including two packing lists, that showed it was directly involved in sending prohibited U.S. computer equipment to Iran. Huawei declined to comment on that story, citing ongoing legal proceedings.
The newly obtained documents show that Huawei's efforts to obscure its relationship with Skycom began after Reuters reported in December 2012 that Skycom had offered to sell at least 1.3 million euros worth of embargoed Hewlett-Packard computer equipment to Iran's largest mobile-phone operator in late 2010. In January 2013, a second Reuters report described how Huawei had close financial ties and other links to Skycom, including the fact that Meng had served on Skycom's board of directors between February 2008 and April 2009.
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In its response at the time to the Reuters reporting, Huawei said Skycom was one of its \"major local partners\" and that the relationship between Huawei and Skycom was \"a normal business partnership.\"
But a newly obtained Huawei internal document from the Chinese company's Iran office, dated March 28, 2013, indicates Huawei controlled Skycom. The document in Chinese stated: \"In consideration of trade compliances, A2 representative office is trying to separate Skycom and Huawei.\" A2 was Huawei's code for Iran, according to the U.S. indictment.
The document also noted that Huawei had installed one of its own employees to manage Skycom in Iran \"to urgently avoid the risks of media hype.\" Huawei had made an \"urgent decision\" to appoint Hu Mei as Skycom's general manager in Iran, effective March 10, 2013, the document noted. Hu was a director of Skycom and was also listed as a Huawei employee in an internal Huawei directory.
The document detailed how Huawei quickly recognized a flaw in putting Hu in charge of Skycom. Hu was based at Huawei's headquarters in China, and the job required dealing with business matters on the ground in Iran, the document stated. So, Huawei decided to appoint instead \"a Chinese employee based in Iran\" to manage Skycom's Tehran office, the document shows.
Huawei decided to name Song Kai, deputy representative of its Iran office, to run Skycom in Iran. He was informed of the decision in an internal Huawei message that was reviewed by Reuters. \"Please update your resume,\" Song was instructed.
The message said that the change had been approved by a man named Lan Yun, who was identified as the \"chief representative\" of Huawei's Iran office.
Hu, Song and Lan couldn't be reached for comment.
In response to the Reuters articles of 2012 and 2013, several Western banks questioned Huawei about its relationship with Skycom. They included HSBC Holdings PLC, where both Huawei and Skycom held bank accounts.
HSBC declined to comment for this story.
In August 2013, Meng met with HSBC's deputy head of global banking for the Asia-Pacific region. She is accused in the U.S. indictment of making \"numerous misrepresentations regarding Huawei's ownership and control of Skycom.\"
Meng gave a PowerPoint presentation during the meeting that said Skycom was merely \"a business partner of Huawei.\"
The newly obtained documents show that Huawei soon became directly involved in shutting Skycom down.
In a letter dated Nov. 2, 2013, Song, the Huawei employee appointed to manage Skycom, told a major Iranian client that Skycom \"has decided to annul and terminate its business activities and dissolve the branch company in Iran.\" Song's letter was addressed to a vice president of Iran's largest mobile-phone operator, Mobile Communication Co of Iran, or MCCI.
MCCI couldn't be reached for comment.
The next day, Skycom, MCCI and a new Huawei company - Huawei Technologies Service (Iranian) Co Ltd - signed an agreement. It stated that Skycom planned to transfer its contracts to the new Huawei entity. The agreement listed eight contracts worth a total of 44.6 million euros (about $50 million), with about 34.6 million euros remaining on them. Any money owed to Skycom was to be paid to the Huawei entity upon completion of the contracts.
\"All the parties promise that this three-way contract remains confidential,\" it stated.
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据路透社报道华为藏在伊朗的业务操作后CFO的链接
中国华为技术的行为来掩盖其与公司的关系曾试图禁止美国电脑设备卖给伊朗,2013年路透后报道深度链接之间的公司和电信设备巨头的首席财务官,刚拿到手的华为内部文件显示。
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路透伦敦/迪拜:中国华为技术有限公司行动来掩盖其与公司的关系曾试图禁止美国电脑设备卖给伊朗,2013年路透后报道深度链接之间的公司和电信设备巨头的首席财务官,刚拿到手的内部华为文件显示。
华为长期以来公司——描述Skycom科技有限公司——作为一个单独的在伊朗当地的商业伙伴。现在,路透获得的文件显示,中国科技巨头有效控制Skycom。报告的文件,在这里第一次宝贵的一部分内部华为和Skycom因业务记录,包括备忘录、信函和合同协议——路透社了。
一个文档描述了华为在2013年初来炒“单独”本身从Skycom担忧贸易对德黑兰的制裁。为此,这和其他文件显示,华为采取了一系列行动,包括改变Skycom的经理,关闭Skycom在伊朗德黑兰办事处,形成另一个业务接管价值数千万美元的Skycom合同。
新文档的启示可以支撑一个高调的刑事案件被美国当局针对华为追求及其首席财务官孟晚舟,也是华为的创始人的女儿。美国一直试图让孟从加拿大引渡,她在2018年12月被捕。加拿大法官上周允许继续的情况下,拒绝辩护观点,美国指控孟在加拿大不构成犯罪。
美国控诉称,华为和孟参与欺诈计划获得禁止美国商品和技术通过Skycom华为的伊朗业务,并将伊朗的钱欺骗一个主要银行。起诉书称,Skycom是华为的“非官方子公司”,不是一个当地合作伙伴。
华为和孟否认刑事指控,包括银行诈骗、网络欺诈和其他指控。Skycom,注册在香港,并于2017年解散,也被告。一度,华为是一个股东在Skycom,但根据企业申请,将其所持股份出售给超过十年前。
新获得的文件似乎破坏华为声称Skycom只是一个商业伙伴。他们提供的幕后看一些发生在七年前两家公司在伊朗境内,公司是如何交织在一起的。文档是用英语写的,中国人和波斯语。
华为拒绝对此置评。
中国外交部说,美国将经贸问题政治化,这不是在中国或美国公司的利益。“我们敦促美国立即停止其不合理的抑制中国公司包括华为,”它说。华为这个故事提到具体的问题。
“正常的业务伙伴关系”
据路透社报道,今年3月,华为内部公司记录了2010年,包括两个包装列表,显示它是直接参与向伊朗派遣禁止美国电脑设备。华为拒绝评论这个故事,称正在进行的法律诉讼。
新获得的文件显示,华为模糊关系的努力Skycom后开始据路透社报道,2012年12月,Skycom提供出售至少130万欧元的禁运惠普电脑设备在2010年末向伊朗最大的移动电话运营商。2013年1月,第二个路透社的报道描述了华为有着密切的经济关系和其他Skycom的链接,包括这样一个事实:孟曾在Skycom董事会2008年2月到2009年4月。
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在其响应路透社报道,华为说Skycom是它的一个“主要的当地合作伙伴”,华为和Skycom之间的关系是“一个正常的商业合作关系。”
但新获得华为内部文件从中国公司的伊朗办公室,3月28日,2013年,表明华为Skycom控制。文档用中文说:“考虑到贸易遵从性,A2代表处正试图单独Skycom和华为”。A2 was Huawei's code for Iran, according to the U.S. indictment.
文件还指出,华为已安装管理自己的员工之一Skycom在伊朗“紧急避免媒体炒作的风险。”华为had made an "urgent decision" to appoint Hu Mei as Skycom's general manager in Iran, effective March 10, 2013, the document noted. Hu was a director of Skycom and was also listed as a Huawei employee in an internal Huawei directory.
文档详细说明了华为很快就意识到把胡锦涛负责Skycom缺陷。胡锦涛在中国华为总部,和所需的工作处理业务事务在地上在伊朗,文档表示。所以,华为决定任命而不是“中国员工位于伊朗“管理Skycom德黑兰办公室文档所示。
华为决定名字的歌Kai,副代表伊朗的办公室,在伊朗Skycom运行。他被告知的决定在一个内部华为路透消息了。首歌是指示:“请更新你的简历。
消息说,变化已经被一个名叫Lan Yun,批准确认的“首席代表”华为的伊朗办公室。
胡、歌曲和局域网无法置评。
为了应对路透2012年和2013年的文章,一些西方银行与Skycom质疑华为的关系。他们包括汇丰控股(HSBC Holdings PLC),华为和Skycom举行银行账户。
汇丰拒绝置评。
2013年8月,孟会见了汇丰银行的全球银行亚太地区的副主任。她被指控在美国起诉的“大量虚假陈述关于华为的所有权和控制权Skycom。”
孟在会议期间做了一次演示,说Skycom只是“华为的业务合作伙伴。”
新获得的文件显示,华为直接参与关闭Skycom很快。
2013年11月2日的一封信中,歌曲,华为员工任命管理Skycom,告诉一个主要的伊朗客户,Skycom”已决定取消和终止业务活动和溶解在伊朗分公司。”Song's letter was addressed to a vice president of Iran's largest mobile-phone operator, Mobile Communication Co of Iran, or MCCI.
移动的“无法置评。
第二天,Skycom,移动和华为公司——华为技术服务有限公司(伊朗)签署了一项协议。它说Skycom计划转让合同新华为实体。八所列出的协议合同总价值为4460万欧元(约5000万美元),剩下约3460万欧元。任何钱欠Skycom是华为实体完成的合同。
“各方承诺,这三方合同仍然保密,”它说。
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