Canada Grants Bail to Huawei Executive on U.S. Extradition Warrant for Sanctions Charges

On December 1, 2018, Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s global chief financial officer, on a U.S. extradition warrant to answer fraud charges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. During a bail hearing on December 7, 2018, John Gibb-Carsley, a lawyer with the Canadian federal Justice Department, told the court Ms. Meng committed multiple acts of fraud against financial institutions and should be denied bail.  He told B.C. Supreme Court Justice William Ehrcke that Meng does not have meaningful connections to Canada, has enormous resources, and poses a serious flight risk, especially since each offense carries a maximum of 30 years in prison. On December 11, 2018, after three days of hearings, Justice Ehrcke granted bail.