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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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A tech CEO in the United States has been arrested on accusations of smuggling $300 million worth of Nvidia chips into China.
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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
Californian accused of shipping $300M worth of Nvidia chips to China without Uncle Sam’s approval
The Register AI + ML · 02 Oct 2026, 15:20
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“Nvidia’s chip-smuggling problem won’t go away as arrests continue.”
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