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US accuses Chinese spies of plot to steal secrets in Huawei investigation

Pair allegedly tried to bribe law enforcement official as part of effort to gain inside information about DoJ’s criminal case

Two Chinese intelligence officers tried to bribe a US law enforcement official as part of an effort to obtain inside information about a criminal case against the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed on Monday.

The move to unmask the espionage operation – and charge the two agents with obstruction of justice – amounts to an escalation by the justice department after it accused Huawei in February 2020 of conducting racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets.

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