Washington _ Agencies
Judicial documents revealed that a New York court issued an arrest warrant for the financial director of China´s Huawei technology giant Meng-chu on Aug. 22, demanding that she be held in court to face charges in the United States.
According to the documents, the United States learned on November 29 that Meng would stop in Vancouver on its way to another country believed to be Mexico.
Meng was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 at the request of the United States.
According to an allegation by the Canadian government, the accusations faced by the financial director of China´s mega-communications technology company "Huawei " in the United States are related to the use of Huawei´s unofficial subsidiary to enter the Iranian market in dealings that run counter to U.S. sanctions.
The prosecution representative added to Meng-Zhou´s sponsorship hearing that she was accused of fraud. He explained that she assured banks that Huawei and skycom were separate companies, but said the United States argues that skycom is Huawei.
He said there was a risk that Meng would leave the country and therefore should not agree to pay bail. He said the arrest warrant was issued in New York on Aug. 22.
Meng´s arrest came as a shocking surprise after US president Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Shi Jinping agreed on a trade truce last weekend in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
