US EditionChinese Nationals Arrested in Alleged Illicit AI Chip Export Scheme
UNITED STATES, AUG 05 – Two Chinese nationals face charges for smuggling Nvidia AI chips worth over $25 million to China, violating US export controls designed to limit China's military AI capabilities.
- Two Chinese nationals, Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang, were arrested in California on charges of illegally exporting AI chips to China.
- The arrests follow a criminal complaint accusing them of shipping Nvidia H100 chips without required U.S. Commerce Department licenses from October 2022 through July 2025.
- Geng and Yang's company, ALX Solutions Inc., based in El Monte and founded in 2022, obtained over 200 Nvidia H100 chips via Super Micro Computer and received payments totaling at least $1 million from China-based firms.
- Yang overstayed her visa and has a detention hearing scheduled for August 12, while U.S. courts released Geng on a $250,000 bond following their appearance in Los Angeles District Court.
- These events highlight ongoing U.S. export control enforcement amid broader concerns over foreign interference, including UK reports of Chinese government pressures affecting academic freedom at universities.
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