A U.S. district court judge Tuesday agreed to end ZTE’s five-year probation following the Chinese telecommunications company’s 2017 guilty plea for violating Iran sanctions.
Judge Ed Kinkeade of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ended ZTE’s probation, despite his opinion the company participated in conspiracy to commit visa fraud as part of a separate, ongoing case brought by the Department of Justice last year. While ZTE has not been charged in the visa case, Judge Kinkeade held a hearing to determine whether the allegation constituted a violation of ZTE’s probation.
