Huawei boss charged by US 'had seven passports'
US prosecutors have charged Huawei's chief financial officer with fraud, saying she had used at least seven passports in 11 years. American officials are attempting to prevent Meng Wanzhou from being bailed from a Canadian court after she was charged with conspiracy to defraud multiple financial institutions between 2009 and 2014.It is alleged the 46-year-old used Hong Kong company Skycom to access the Iranian market in deals that violated US sanctions.She allegedly assured US banks that Huawei and Skycom were different companies but prosecutors say they were one and the same.Meng was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December and appeared in one of the city's courts on Friday, where prosecutor John Gibb-Carsley asked the judge to deny her application for bail.He said that the dau...
