Taiwan Prosecutors Investigate 3 People over Nvidia Chip Smuggling to China
Prosecutors say the scheme used forged documents and dummy server shells to move Nvidia Hopper systems to Chinese buyers through Hong Kong and Thailand.
- On Thursday, Taiwan's Keelung District Prosecutors Office announced an investigation into three individuals suspected of smuggling servers with Nvidia chips to China using forged documents, marking the island's first formal semiconductor-smuggling crackdown.
- Authorities raided 12 locations in Keelung on Wednesday, alleging the suspects knowingly bypassed US export restrictions to send roughly 50 servers to Chinese customers for "exorbitant profits" through fraudulent export declarations.
- The defendants, surnamed Yu, Wang, and Chen, allegedly planned to move dozens of servers valued at $316,000 each, violating prohibitions on shipping advanced technology to China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
- After questioning the suspects overnight, prosecutors requested detention for the trio due to flight risks, with the Taipei District Court now tasked with ruling on the application before formal indictment proceedings begin.
- Taipei is increasingly using local laws to address US concerns regarding export-control enforcement, indicating a shift as the island seeks to manage its technological edge while navigating pressure from Washington.
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Three detained over alleged smuggling of Nvidia chips to Hong Kong
Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Three Taiwanese men were detained Thursday for allegedly forging documents to smuggle AI servers containing advanced Nvidia chips into Hong Kong and possibly China, according to the Keelung District Prosecutors Office on Thursday.
Taiwan Seeks Detention of 3 in Nvidia AI Server Smuggling Case
Taiwan authorities are seeking to detain three people suspected of forging export documents to send high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) servers containing Nvidia chips to China, which is in violation of U.S. restrictions. The Keelung District Prosecutors Office alleged that the three individuals, identified only by their surnames, knew the Super Micro Computer servers were strictly controlled by the United States and banned from sale t…
Taiwanese prosecutors said they are investigating three people for allegedly illegally exporting high-end artificial intelligence servers containing chips subject to U.S. export controls.
Taiwan is cracking down on AI chip smuggling
Prosecutors say the three suspects attempted to bypass those controls by submitting fraudulent declarations about the equipment's final destination. In a statement, the Taiwan Keelung District Prosecutors' Office said the defendants "fully knew" that sales of the servers to China are "strictly regulated" by the US. Still, they allegedly proceeded...Read Entire Article
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