{"id":717880,"date":"2026-03-20T12:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-micro-co-founder-arrested-over-alleged-2-5b-ai-chip-smuggling-scheme\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:40:13","slug":"super-micro-co-founder-arrested-over-alleged-2-5b-ai-chip-smuggling-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/super-micro-co-founder-arrested-over-alleged-2-5b-ai-chip-smuggling-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Micro co-founder arrested over alleged $2.5B AI chip smuggling scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5YzRhMDctYTUxMy03YWI5LTg0MGYtYTg4MTJhNjQ0N2QyLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Super Micro co-founder arrested over alleged $2.5B AI chip smuggling scheme\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<p>US authorities say they have charged and arrested Supermicro co-founder Yih-Shyan \u201cWally\u201d Liaw for allegedly funnelling $2.5 billion in AI servers to China through shell companies.<\/p>\n<p>US authorities say the co-founder of Super Micro Computer, Inc. has been charged and arrested over an alleged multi-billion dollar scheme to smuggle advanced artificial intelligence chips from the US to China.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/three-charged-conspiring-unlawfully-divert-cutting-edge-us-artificial-intelligence\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/three-charged-conspiring-unlawfully-divert-cutting-edge-us-artificial-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement on Thursday that it had unsealed an indictment charging Yih-Shyan \u201cWally\u201d Liaw, as well as Super Micro sales executives Ruei-Tsang \u201cSteven\u201d Chang, and Ting-Wei \u201cWilly\u201d Sun over the alleged conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the trio violated US export control laws by conspiring \u201cto sell billions of dollars\u2019 worth of servers integrating sensitive, controlled graphics processing units to buyers in China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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