A co-conspirator has pleaded guilty to smuggling Nvidia AI chips to China via Super Micro servers, as legal pressure mounts on the company and its executives.
Ten individuals in Taiwan have been indicted for smuggling U.S. military-grade chips to China using forged documents and false origin labeling.
US authorities arrested Earthmade Computer CEO Greg Lui for orchestrating a $300 million smuggling scheme to divert Nvidia AI chips into China.
A California tech CEO faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly smuggling over $300 million worth of export-controlled AI servers to China using falsified paperwork.
US officials are investigating how Nvidia chips worth over $800 million were smuggled into China, prompting calls for a review of the company's export licenses.
Customs authorities in Tashkent seized 14 undeclared iPhone 18 and 17 models worth UZS 227 million arriving from Dubai.
Customs authorities in Macau seized two Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards during a series of smuggling busts valued at approximately $187 000.
