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Monday, April 27, 2026

ZTE Whistleblower Shares His Story About the FBI Raid - ClearanceJobs

A 32-page affidavit explaining all the schemes, all of the shell companies and all of the big players was leaked to the press.

The former General Counsel for ZTE turned whistleblower joins ClearedCast to tell his chilling story outlined in his book,“Standing Up To China,” where he uncovered some pretty shocking things about the company trying to get around U.S. export laws.

The elusive Chinese Market

Ashley Yablon is a trusted source in understanding the ins and outs of the elusive Chinese Market and most importantly, the ins and outs of ZTE.

Currently, the White House has barred approval of new telecommunications equipment from companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE since they pose an unnecessary risk to US national security. Yablon, who has supported both organizations, starts at the beginning of his story with ZTE, highlighting how the fallout started before he blew the whistle on the conglomerate.

FBI Raid Details

Yablon uncovered an illegal scheme of ZTE selling billions of dollars’ worth of surveillance equipment to embargoed countries through shell organizations. After telling executives of the severity of what they were doing, he learned that he would be the blamed one in this story.

As a lawyer, attorney / client privilege was not necessarily an issue where his story started in 2011, because after committing fraudulent acts, executives intended to continue their criminal ways and make Yablon the scapegoat in testifying before congress during the House...



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