(ATF) HSBC and Huawei Technologies’ chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou have reached an agreement in a dispute about the publication of documents relating to US fraud allegations against her, their lawyers told a Hong Kong court.
The legal dispute reached the Hong Kong court last month after a British judge in February blocked the release of internal HSBC documents relating to the US fraud allegations against Meng.
Meng, who has been under house arrest in Canada since being detained at Vancouver airport in 2018, is facing charges in the US for allegedly misleading the banking giant about Huawei dealings in Iran, causing HSBC to violate US sanctions.
Meng, who says she is innocent, was seeking the publication of documents relating to her efforts to battle extradition from Canada to the US.
Huawei and HSBC told Reuters they had reached an agreement, but did not provide any further details.
INTERNAL PROBE
In 2019, an internal investigation by HSBC into Huawei’s connections to a suspected front company in Iran found that the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker maintained close financial ties to the firm years after purportedly selling the unit.
The HSBC probe of Huawei came in late 2016 and 2017 and the bank’s findings, which have not been made public, were used by US authorities to help bring its current criminal case against Meng.
US authorities allege Huawei used the company, Skycom, to obtain embargoed American goods and technology in Iran and to move money out of the country via the international banking system.
HSBC shares fell 1.2% on Monday to HK$46.
With reporting by Reuters
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