The US Justice Department has reportedly intensified talks with Meng Wanzhou, a top executive of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei, on a deal which would see her released from Canadian custody in exchange for admitting wrongdoing.
Meng, Huawei chief financial officer and daughter of the company’s founder, is currently on bail and remains confined to Vancouver. She was arrested in the Canadian city two years ago on a US request while transferring flights. Now she is fighting a protracted battle against extradition to the US, where she was accused of fraud, which US prosecutors allege she had committed to do business with Iran in violation of American sanctions.
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