California man charged with smuggling $300 million in restricted AI hardware to China
Federal prosecutors arrested Greg Lui, a 38-year-old California man, on October 1, according to DigiTimes. He is accused of violating export controls by sending servers with Nvidia GPUs, valued at over $300 million, to China via Singapore and Malaysia. Tom's Hardware reports that false paperwork allegedly hid the final destination.
- Lui allegedly bought the servers from U.S. manufacturers, according to Courthouse News Service.
- Tom's Hardware reports he faces up to 20 years in prison.
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Courthouse News Service California man charged with smuggling $300 million in restricted AI hardware to China · Edvard Pettersson
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