As an administrative subpoena, the Treasury document does not indicate that the Chinese company is part of a criminal investigation. It is not clear why the Treasury Department became involved with the Huawei investigation. A Commerce Department spokesman also declined to comment. North Korea, which was named in the Commerce Department subpoena issued last year, was not named in the Treasury Department subpoena. Earlier this month 10 members of Congress sent a letter to the Commerce Department demanding that F7 be publicly identified and fully investigated.

Source: New York Times April 26, 2017 11:29 UTC