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US charges alleged Chinese spies over plot to obstruct Huawei probe

FBI Director Christopher Wray, center, flanked by Attorney General Merrick Garland, left, and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, as they announce charges against two men suspected of being Chinese intelligence officers at the Department of Justice in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2022. © J. Scott Applewhite, AP

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 Monday.

The defendants are accused of paying tens of thousands of dollars in digital currency, along with cash and jewelry, 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.

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