Nicole Boeckmann, the acting US Attorney in Brooklyn, said that in entering into the agreement, 'Meng has taken responsibility for her principal role in perpetrating a scheme to defraud a global financial institution.” In an exclusive on Friday, Reuters reported that the United States had reached a deferred prosecution agreement with Meng. Her arrest sparked a political storm between the two countries, and drew Canada into the fray when China arrested a Canadian businessman and a former diplomat shortly after Meng was taken into custody. The bank questioned her following stories by Reuters in 20 about those dealings. Meng was arrested at Vancouver International Airport in December 2018 on a US warrant, and was indicted on bank and wire fraud charges for allegedly misleading HSBC in 2013 about the telecommunications equipment giant’s business dealings in Iran.
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou has reached an agreement with US prosecutors to end the bank fraud case against her, officials said, a move that should allow her to leave Canada and relieve a point of tension between China and the United States.
