Huawei executive faces US fraud charges linked to Iran, court hears

VANCOUVER: Chinese telecom giant Huawei’s chief financial officer faces US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking business dealings with Iran, a Canadian court heard on Friday, a week after she was detained on an American extradition request. Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada’s Pacific coast city of Vancouver on December 1 while changing planes during a trip from Hong Kong to Mexico—ratcheting tensions between the United States and China just as the countries’ leaders agreed a truce in their trade war.