Huawei's ‘Unofficial’ Skycom Allegedly Used to Break Sanctions

Huawei's global chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou.

Huawei's global chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. Source: Huawei

Skycom Tech Co., a little known Hong Kong telecom equipment seller, was thrust into the global limelight Friday when Canadian prosecutors said it played a central role in helping Huawei Technologies Co. evade U.S. sanctions against Iran.


"Huawei used an unofficial subsidiary named Skycom to transact business in Iran for Iranian telecommunication companies," Crown attorney John Gibb-Carsley alleged in a Vancouver courtroom.

Cheung Mo Ching reports.


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