Criminal case
United States v. ZTE Corporation
- Authority
- US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division
- Case number
- 3:17-CR-0120-K, as read from a scanned plea agreement caption with partly illegible charactersS6
- Filed or opened
- 7 March 2017
- Organization
- ZTE Corporation
- Current stage
- Guilty plea entered. Five-year probation ended after a ruling reported on 23 March 2022.
- Outcome
- Guilty plea. Probation completed.
Decisions and steps
Claims this case bears on
- Partly supported88A Reuters report in March 2022 said ZTE pleaded guilty in 2017 to illegally shipping US technology to Iran and North Korea.Press report, 23 March 20225 records citedSanctions
- Supported73Reuters reported in March 2022 that a US judge ruled ZTE should be allowed to end its five-year probation from the 2017 plea.Press report, 23 March 20223 records citedCorporate status
Sources
- S1Tier A ZTE Corporation Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $430.4 Million for Violating U.S. Sanctions by Sending U.S.-Origin Items to IranUS Department of Justice. Regulator press release. 7 March 2017.Supports the plea, the three counts, the Iran conduct and the combined US$1.19 billion penalty. It does not mention North Korea or give a docket number.Link working, checked 25 October 2026
- S3Tier C US judge rules in favour of China’s ZTE, ending probationReuters, republished by Al Jazeera. Press report. 23 March 2022.Reuters report on the end of probation and the judge's comments. No individual byline is shown and the court order was not read.Link working, checked 25 October 2026
- S6Tier A Plea Agreement, United States of America v. ZTE CorporationUS Department of Justice. Plea agreement. 7 March 2017.Gives the court, the case number and the three counts. It cites the Iranian sanctions rules and does not mention North Korea. The scanned caption is partly illegible.Link working, checked 25 October 2026