Nvidia has sharply cut its authorized Asian customer list and now sends inspectors to data centers, as $2.5 billion smuggling cases and indictments pile up.

A judge in Singapore granted bail to three men suspected of deceiving suppliers of server computers that may contain Nvidia chips affected by U.S. export rules that bar the sale of them to certain countries,...

U.S. investigators are examining 47 shipments by Apex Logistics — a unit of Swiss giant Kuehne+Nagel — suspected of routing Nvidia AI chips to China via Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. Two former employees allegedly falsified export codes to dodge restrictions, a tactic that keeps showing up across chip smuggling cases. If charged, Apex would mark a significant escalation: the first transportation company targeted in America's crackdown on illegal semiconductor exports to China.

U.S. investigators are examining 47 shipments by Apex Logistics — a unit of Swiss giant Kuehne+Nagel — suspected of routing Nvidia AI chips to China via Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. Two former employees allegedly falsified export codes to dodge restrictions, a tactic that keeps showing up across chip smuggling cases. If charged, Apex would mark a significant escalation: the first transportation company targeted in America's crackdown on illegal semiconductor exports to China.

A senior Nvidia manager was arrested in Taiwan for allegedly leading a scheme to smuggle advanced AI chips to China. Prosecutors charged the manager and others with illegal chip exports involving servers and secret deliveries. These chips power AI, military systems, and surveillance tech. Tools used for generation Text Gemini Narator Azure TTS Clips Pexel Rendering Remotion

Taiwanese prosecutors detain an Nvidia employee in a high-stakes chip smuggling case involving AI GPUs and fake documents. The scandal illuminates the U.S.-China AI arms race, with tighter export bans fueling a black market. Discover how insider actions threaten supply chain security and investor confidence. Watch now to uncover the silicon saga! | July 28, 2026 Tools used for generation Text Gemini Narator Azure TTS Clips Pexel Rendering Remotion

Singapore recently said that it believes high-performance NVIDIA chips could have made their way into Malaysia before China.

Nvidia has developed a software "digital leash" to track AI GPU locations via latency, responding to a $160M smuggling bust and DeepSeek's Blackwell leak.

Trump AI policy, Palantir Pentagon, Russia vs ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini, Chip smuggling, Nvidia-Amazon cloud deal. AI News.

OBON Corp., a Thai company tied to the country's national AI strategy, as the unnamed "Company-1" in the $2.5bn Supermicro indictment.

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