The co-founder of Super Micro Computer and two others were charged with diverting $2.5 billion worth of servers with Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips to China
Co-founder of tech company charged with diverting $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI chips to China in violation of export laws
Submitted 3 weeks ago by comador@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/19/politics/super-micro-computer-founder-charged-ai-chips-china
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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
e461h@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yih-Shyan Liaw, known as Wally; Ruei-Tsang Chang, known as Steven; and Ting-Wei Sun, known as Willy, were charged with conspiring to violate export control laws, smuggling goods from the US and conspiring to defraud the US.
Liaw, who co-founded Super Micro Computer and served on its board of directors, was arrested Thursday in California and released on bail. Sun, a contractor, is held awaiting a detention hearing. Chang, who worked in the Taiwan office of Super Micro, remains at large.
Super Micro Computer is not named in the indictment.
Sims@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I think US have bigger issues atmo…
teft@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Who wants to bet trump will pardon them once the ballroom gets a “donation” from these guys?
comador@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Depends on how much he gets offered.
orbitz@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I was thinking Trump was upset he wasn’t getting a cut…but guess the donation would assist with any issues from that so seems about right.