In this particular case, it was that Huawei was purchasing US-made products to which sanctions applied and exporting them to Iran. I highly doubt that Huawei e

In this particular case, it was that Huawei was purchasing US-made products to which sanctions applied and exporting them to Iran. I highly doubt that Huawei executives were unaware that this was against US policy and law; they just thought that the US would only punish the corporation and not the people involved, without realizing that the arm of US law extends to a whole web of countries that have extradition treaties with it. See also the German VW executives who are very restricted in where they can travel to based on their crimes in the diesel emissions scandal.