Posted on 07/15/2012 1:13:34 AM PDT by tsowellfan
he FBI has opened a criminal investigation into ZTE Corp over the Chinese company's sale of banned US computer equipment to Iran and its alleged subsequent attempts to cover it up and obstruct a Department of Commerce probe, the Smoking Gun website reported.
The federal investigations stem from a Reuters report in March that Shenzhen, China-based ZTE, a telecommunications equipment maker, sold Iran's largest telecom firm a powerful surveillance system capable of monitoring landline, mobile and Internet communications.
The Reuters article also reported that ZTE's 907-page "Packing List" for the $120 million contract, dated July 24, 2011, included hardware and software products from several US tech companies, including Microsoft Corp, Hewlett-Packard Co, Oracle Corp, Cisco Systems Inc and Dell Inc. Sales of the equipment are prohibited by US sanctions on Iran...
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Dear China ZTE, the United States is very, very, angry with you, and if you don’t stop selling technology to Iran, we will have no other option than to write you an even longer letter expressing how even more angrier we are with you!
Sincerely, President B.O.
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