U.S. Prosecutors Call Huawei a 'Criminal Enterprise' as Trial Opens

A criminal trial against Huawei opened in Brooklyn federal court, with prosecutors accusing the company of stealing trade secrets from five U.S. firms, including Cisco and T-Mobile, and evading sanctions on Iran. The indictment carries 14 charges, including money laundering; the trial is expected to last three months.

• Prosecutors allege a 20-year pattern of theft from U.S. technology companies
• Cisco and T-Mobile are among the victims; the indictment lists 14 charges
• Huawei denies all charges, calling the case a distortion of cherry-picked evidence
• The three-month trial could end in fines from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars