Feds Level Charges Against Two Chinese Nationals for Obstructing Huawei Probe

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The Justice Department unveiled charges against two Chinese intelligence officers of attempting to subvert a criminal investigation into a China-based telecommunications company, identified by press sources as Huawei, in one of three new cases that FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said shows Beijing is trying to “lie, cheat and steal” its way to a competitive advantage in technology.

DOJ accused ten individuals of being Chinese intelligence officers or government officials engaged in criminal conduct. In the most alarming case, the Department accused two men of working on Beijing’s behalf to bribe a U.S. law enforcement official who was operating as a double agent to share secrets about an ongoing prosecution of a major Chinese firm.

The Justice Department indicted Huawei Technologies in 2019, accusing the world’s largest communications equipment manu…