The us department of justice has detained two men for allegedly violating export control laws by attempting to smuggle at least $160 million worth of nvidia corp The us justice department on tuesday confirmed it shut down a china‑linked smuggling ring that moved or tried to move more than $160 million worth of nvidia ai chips out of the united states and. Doj dismantled a smuggling ring moving $160m worth of nvidia h100/h200 gpus to china, arresting two suspects operation gatekeeper revealed chips were relabeled “sandkyan” to evade export.
Federal prosecutors with the southern district of texas say a sophisticated smuggling network with ties to the houston area illegally funneled some of the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence computer chips toward china and other restricted destinations, moving at least $160 million in hardware and taking in more than $50 million in overseas payments. The doj already had a houston. Hardware the us gov shut down a $160 million smuggling operation trying to get nvidia h200 chips into china and also, err, says the gpus won't be restricted anymore
Two more men have been apprehended for allegedly violating export control laws regarding the supply of nvidia h100 and h200 ai chips to china, reports bloomberg
