Huawei CFO Meng Wangzhou’s lawyers told courts that «HSBC knew what it was getting into» in an effort to prove that the bank was not misled about business dealings with Iran and prevent extradition to the U.S.
Meng’s lawyers said that the extradition request by the U.S. is based on so many «omissions and misrepresentations that it’s unreliable and ineffective».
Lawyers for the Canadian government asked the judge to throw out such arguments, causing the defense of attempting to litigate Meng’s fraud charges in the extradition case.
Keep the case «on the straight and narrow» said Robert Frater who asked the judge to refuse spending «precious court time on issues that have no hope of success».
«HSBC Knew What It Was getting Into»
Meng’s lawyers allege that the U.S. government may have abused the process, dismissing a PowerPoint presentation given by the Huawei CFO to HSBC as proof of fraud.
«No banker would leave that meeting thinking that Huawei had distanced itself from Skycom,» Frank Addario, one of Meng’s lawyers, told the court on Tuesday. «HSBC knew what it was getting into.»
A decision on whether the latest allegations warrant litigation is expected to be made by October 30.
