Jury selection began September 8, 2026, in United States v. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a criminal racketeering trial in the Eastern District of New York before Judge Ann M. Donnelly. The proceeding is described as a historically rare corporate prosecution under the RICO statute. Twelve of the original fourteen counts proceeded to trial after prosecutors withdrew two counts under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and dropped one trade-secret episode that had implicated Motorola. Remaining charges include racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud, and trade-secret theft from five US technology companies. The government's core sanctions case concerns Skycom, a Hong Kong entity that prosecutors allege Huawei used to route more than $100 million through US dollar-clearing banks in violation of Iran sanctions. Among the trade-secret theft allegations is a 2013 incident in which a Huawei engineer photographed T-Mobile's proprietary phone-testing robot, known internally as Tappy, with one component allegedly concealed; T-Mobile obtained a $4.8 million civil judgment in a subsequent proceeding. Huawei has pleaded not guilty and denied that the government's overarching narrative is accurate. Opening statements were expected to begin Wednesday, September 9. The trial is projected to last approximately three months.