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US authorities arrested Greg Lui for allegedly using false paperwork to smuggle more than $300m worth of export-controlled computer servers to third countries and then to China.
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Greg Lui is accused of shipping $300 million worth of Nvidia chips to China without US approval.
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US authorities arrest California man over alleged smuggling of $300M in computer servers to China
US arrests California man for allegedly smuggling $300m worth of computer servers to China
Guardian Technology · 02 Oct 2026, 18:46
US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China
Ars Technica AI · 02 Oct 2026, 18:39
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“Prosecutors claim Greg Lui helped China procure advanced hardware to develop, ahem, 'super intelligence’”
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