Feds arrested a California man accused of smuggling $300 million of servers with Nvidia AI chips into China.
The DOJ has charged Greg Lui with conspiracy, money laundering and smuggling over an alleged years-long scheme to sneak export-controlled Nvidia GPUs into China by re-exporting them from other countries, like Malaysia or Singapore. Four people were arrested last year for similar Nvidia smuggling allegations.
TL;DR
- Greg Lui charged by DOJ with conspiracy, money laundering, and smuggling.
- Alleged scheme to sneak export-controlled Nvidia GPUs into China.
- GPUs were re-exported from countries like Malaysia or Singapore.
- Four people arrested last year for similar Nvidia smuggling allegations.