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Two Chinese nationals in California accused of illegally shipping Nvidia AI chips to China
Two Chinese nationals in California were arrested and charged with illegally shipping tens of millions of dollars’ worth of AI chips to China, including Nvidia H100s, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.
Chinese Nationals Arrested for Smuggling Nvidia RTX 4090, 5090 Units to China
Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang also allegedly shipped Nvidia's H100 GPU to the country despite US export controls meant to block the import of high-end GPUs.
Chinese nationals charged with shipping Nvidia AI chips to China
The DOJ said millions of dollars' worth of Nvidia H100 microchips were illegally sent to China via Singapore and Malaysia.
US Charges Chinese Nationals With Nvidia Chips Export Breach
Two Chinese nationals were arrested this week on charges that they sent tens of millions of dollars worth of advanced AI chips made by Nvidia Corp. to China in violation of US export restrictions, according to authorities.
Two arrested for smuggling AI chips to China — Nvidia says no to kill switches
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday that two Chinese nationals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in illegally shipping "tens of millions of dollars" worth of high-performance AI chips to China.
Chinese nationals living in US charged with smuggling millions worth of Nvidia’s powerful AI chips to Beijing
The pair allegedly shipped advanced graphic processing units to China from October 2022 to July 2025 through their El Monte-based company, ALX Solutions.
National Security Breach: Chinese Nationals Caught Smuggling U.S. Tech
Two Chinese nationals were arrested in America for allegedly smuggling sensitive AI microchips to China, raising national security concerns.
Chinese Nationals Arrested For Violating U.S. Export Rules In AI Chip Scheme
Two Chinese nationals were arrested this week for allegedly violating U.S. export restrictions by illegally shipping Nvidia AI chips to China, according to Bloomberg. The Justice Department said the defendants used a California-based company,
Tensions rise as Nvidia races to calm China over controversial AI chips built for surveillance
Nvidia’s position in the global AI hardware market could soon be under scrutiny following news of an investigation from the ...
NVIDIA Takes Firm Stance Against Kill Switches & Backdoors in AI Chips
The statement comes as both US and Chinese authorities probe the lucrative global AI chip business, which NVIDIA dominates.
Nvidia warns that any GPU 'kill switch' or 'backdoor' into its AI chips would 'fracture trust in US technology'
Nvidia wants to make it crystal clear that it's against the idea of AI chip kill switches and backdoors that would allow ...
Nvidia, AMD Export Restrictions Ease, But Chinese Chipmaker SMIC Says That Growing Domestic Demand 'Perfectly' Replaces Foreign Rivals
U.S. lifts chip bans for Nvidia, AMD, but China's SMIC says domestic demand for chips is 'perfectly' replacing foreign rivals ...
Nvidia rejects possibility of AI chip backdoor
Nvidia’s chief security officer has published a blog post insisting that its GPUs “do not and should not have kill switches ...
Nvidia says its chips have no 'backdoors' after China flags H20 security concerns
Nvidia said on Thursday its products have no "backdoors" that would allow remote access or control after China raised ...