c/technology · by comador@lemmy.world · 184d

Co-founder of tech company charged with diverting $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI chips to China in violation of export laws

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/19/politics/super-micro-computer-founder-charged-ai-chips-china

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

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teft@piefed.social · 27 pts · 184d (2 replies)

Who wants to bet trump will pardon them once the ballroom gets a “donation” from these guys?

comador@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 184d

Depends on how much he gets offered.

orbitz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 183d

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.

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 184d

SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 6 pts · 184d (3 replies)

I absolutely 100% believe the shit out of this. Wonder if it's worth it?

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 184d (2 replies)

He'll have bought a pardon in a month.

themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 183d (1 reply)

Time to buy calls

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 183d

This would actually be a pretty safe polymarket bet, but I can't bring myself to do it.

e461h@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 183d

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.

WesternInfidels@feddit.online · 1 pts · 184d

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percent@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 183d

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Sims@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 184d

I think US have bigger issues atmo..