US charges ‘Chinese spies’ over Huawei probe

Washington | Two suspected Chinese intelligence officers have been charged with attempting to obstruct a US criminal investigation of Chinese tech giant Huawei by offering bribes to someone they thought could provide inside information, the Justice Department announced on Monday (Tuesday AEDT).

The defendants are accused of paying tens of thousands of dollars in digital currency, along with cash and jewellery, to a US official they thought they had recruited as an asset. But the person was actually a double agent working for the FBI, the department said.

AP