Chinese officers charged in plot to disrupt US Huawei probe by giving bribe

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 has announced.

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 on Monday.

That prosecution, as well as two other cases involving Chinese operatives, was highlighted Monday at a news conference that featured the heads of both the FBI and the Justice Department,