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As someone who's not very familiar this area of US government, was this more of an autonomous prosecution kind of like "you broke the law you pay"? Or was this
by yonkshi 9y ago
As someone who's not very familiar this area of US government, was this more of an autonomous prosecution kind of like "you broke the law you pay"? Or was this more motivated by the recent trade skirmish with China, being used as a pawn so to speak?
- rayiner 9y agoThis action is a penalty for violation of the terms of a guilty plea reached in 2017: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/zte-corporation-agrees-plead-guilty-and-pay-over-4304-million-violating-us-sanctions-sending https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/zte-corporation-agrees-plead-.... The underlying investigation dates back several years before that, to a 2012 Reuters article which reported the sanctions violations.