Singapore grants a deposit for Nvidia Chip smugglers in an alleged fraud of $ 390 million
A judge in Singapore Supported to three men suspected of deceiving server computers who may contain Nvidia chips affected by American export rules This bar sales to some countries, such as a way to stop them to be sold to organizations in China.
This decision comes almost two weeks After the three men in the city-state were accused of smuggling Nvidia fleas and commit fraud against Dell and Super Micro wrongly indicating where the servers are.
Singapore prosecutors said that the fraud case involved servers provided by Singaporean companies, then moved to Malaysia, with transactions totaling around $ 390 million, compared to Reuters. We do not know what the final destination would be for these servers.
The surety of the two Singaporean men was set at $ 800,000 S ($ 600,000) and $ 600,000 each, while the third man, a Chinese national, had his deposit at $ 1 million. The next court hearing will be held on May 2.
The accusation requested an eight -week period to conduct surveys and asked for specific conditions, in particular the men of airports or border control points and prohibiting them from discussing the case if they are released on bail, by Bloomberg. The Chinese man would have Must carry an electronic surveillance device.
According to the last Annual reportSingapore represented 18% of income during the financial year which ended on January 28, despite shipments to the country representing less than 2% of sales.
China Deepseek drew global attention into the AI industry in January because of its advanced technology and profitable solutions, which leads to increased concerns about the way and search for flea. Deepseek AI is fueled by Nvidia chips, despite efforts to restrict exports and prevent technology from being used in China.
Malaysia said last week that it would take the action necessary “ Against Malaysian societies involved in a fraud case linked to the alleged transfer of NVIDIA chips from Singapore to China.
