Taiwanese prosecutors indicted nine people, including one Nvidia Taiwan employee and two Super Micro Taiwan staff, for a scheme that made 130 Nvidia B300 servers appear destined for a rented Taiwan facility. Prosecutors say 74 servers were rerouted to Chinese customers through direct shipments plus trans-shipments via Indonesia, Japan and Hong Kong, before customs stopped the remaining 56.
Seven defendants face up to five years in jail on breach of trust and document forgery charges tied to violating US export controls. The case highlights ongoing tensions around AI chip exports to China and the enforcement of technology transfer restrictions.
This prosecution represents one of the most significant enforcement actions related to AI chip smuggling, demonstrating that authorities are taking active steps to prevent advanced AI hardware from reaching Chinese entities despite export control regulations.
