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US Justice Department accuses two Chinese men of trying to smuggle Nvidia chips

Two men allegedly used shell companies and falsified documents to smuggle over $160 million in Nvidia AI chips to China, threatening U.S. national security, prosecutors said.

  • On Dec 8, the United States Justice Department charged Fanyue Gong and Benlin Yuan with illegally smuggling Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China, reporting both men in custody.
  • Prosecutors say the operation has run since November 2023 and Alan Hao Hsu and his company received more than $50 million last month to fund the scheme.
  • Using straw buyers, the suspects misrepresented recipients as U.S. or third-country customers like Taiwan and Thailand, routing shipments to U.S. warehouses where labels were removed and fake company labels affixed.
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U.S. uncovers scheme to reroute Nvidia GPUs worth $160 million to China despite export bans

Authorities have shut down yet another China-linked smuggling network for Nvidia's AI chips, according to a release from a U.S. Attorneys office.

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