FBI probes ZTE over tech sales to Iran
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July 14, 2012, Saturday
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THE US Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a criminal investigation into Chinese telecom gear maker ZTE Corp's sale of banned US computer equipment to Iran, the Smoking Gun website reported yesterday.
The federal probe stems from a report in March that Shenzhen-based ZTE sold Iran's largest telecom firm a powerful surveillance system capable of monitoring landline, mobile and Internet communications.
The article also reported that ZTE's 907-page "Packing List" for the US$120 million contract, dated July 24, 2011, included hardware and software products from several top US technology firms, including Microsoft Corp, Hewlett-Packard Co and Oracle Corp. Sales of the equipment are prohibited by US sanctions on Iran.
The Smoking Gun published on its website excerpts from a confidential FBI affidavit based on a May interview with Ashley Kyle Yablon, the general counsel of ZTE's US subsidiary in Texas. ZTE spokesman David Shu said the company had no immediate comment.
The federal probe stems from a report in March that Shenzhen-based ZTE sold Iran's largest telecom firm a powerful surveillance system capable of monitoring landline, mobile and Internet communications.
The article also reported that ZTE's 907-page "Packing List" for the US$120 million contract, dated July 24, 2011, included hardware and software products from several top US technology firms, including Microsoft Corp, Hewlett-Packard Co and Oracle Corp. Sales of the equipment are prohibited by US sanctions on Iran.
The Smoking Gun published on its website excerpts from a confidential FBI affidavit based on a May interview with Ashley Kyle Yablon, the general counsel of ZTE's US subsidiary in Texas. ZTE spokesman David Shu said the company had no immediate comment.
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