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Incident2026-10-02

Federal prosecutors arrested a California man on Thursday. Greg Lui owns Earthmade Computer Inc. He is charged with smuggling servers with Nvidia AI chips to China. The chips were worth $300 million. The shipments violated US export controls. Authorities say he worked with unidentified co-conspirators. The smuggling occurred from 2023 to 2024. No required US licenses were obtained.

What changed

US export controls required licenses for shipping AI chips to China.

  • $300 million worth of Nvidia AI chips
  • 2023 to 2024 smuggling period

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