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US Charges Trio For Smuggling Nvidia GPUs
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The US Department of Justice charged Hong Kong national Stanley Yi Zheng and US citizens Matthew Kelly and Tommy Shad English with conspiracy to violate export controls and smuggling after an alleged plot, beginning May 2023, to buy Nvidia‑equipped servers for illegal shipment to China. English allegedly ordered 750 Supermicro servers in October 2023 worth about $170 million, 600 containing controlled H100/H200 GPUs. The defendants are in custody; charges are allegations.
Scoring Rationale
Official DOJ enforcement news with direct compliance implications, but limited novelty beyond continuing export-control trend.
Sources
- Read OriginalThree more charged with trying to smuggle GPUs to Chinatheregister.com
