The US charges two national Chinese national nvidia Ai chips to China illegally

Two California Citizens have been arrested and tens of dollars have been charged illegal shipping“ The AI chip is worth it, including Nvidia, The Department of Justice said on Tuesday.

Chuan Geng, 28 and Shiwei Yang, 28 sensitive chips and other technologies exported to China to 2022 September, without obtaining the required licenses, DOJ said.

Illegal shipping were the general processing units of NVIDIA’s H100, according to a criminal complaint from CNBC. H100 are the cutting-edge fried in the US Chipmaker used in artificial intelligence applications.

The Trade Department has placed chips in export controls since 2022 as part of the wider efforts to access the advanced technologies of Chinese semiconductors since 2022.

This case shows that smuggling “is not” that “CNBC is said.” We sell our products to well-known partners, including OEMs, that all sales meet the rules of US export control rules. “

“Regular exporters and shipping are also deep reviews and analysis, and any diverted products would not have service, support or update,” chipmaker added.

Geng and Yang’s California based business, alx Solutions, were created when the US chip controls were created for the first time.

According to the DOJ, the law enforcement was searched by the Alx Solutions office and inspected GENG and Yang’s phones, excluding communications made by defendants, exporting our export laws by sending sensitive chips through Malaysia.

Reviews in December 2024, Alx Solutions made more than 20 shipping from the US to Singapore and Malaysia shipping companies, said that DOJs are used as regular transmission points.

Alx Solutions did not pay the goods paid by the entities, which received many payments based on Hong Kong and China.

The US Trade Office Department of Industry and Security Office continues to investigate the issue.

Advanced MicroTxip smuggling has become more and more concern in Washington. According to A Last month financial time reportAt least one million dollars of Nvidia chips entered China after Donald Trump after squeezing the chip this week.

In response to the report, NVIDIA said that the smuggling potato center did not support the “loss of propositions” and unauthorized products.