Prosecutors in [ADDRESS] have indicted nine individuals, including employees from NVIDIA and Super Micro, for illegally exporting high-end AI servers to [ADDRESS]. The defendants were accused of colluding for enormous profit, bypassing NVIDIA and Super Micro's rigorous export control procedures, increasing corporate compliance costs, and severely damaging our nation's international image.

Despite the [ADDRESS] having relaxed restrictions on NVIDIA AI chip exports to [ADDRESS], illegal exports persist. The [ADDRESS] has banned sales of cutting-edge AI tech from NVIDIA and others to [ADDRESS] since 2022 but recently permitted sales of previous-generation products like H200 chips.

The [ADDRESS] remains ultra-strict about exporting newer technology to avoid displeasing [ADDRESS] regulators and the Trump administration. However, bad actors have circumvented controls through third-party countries. In one case, $1 billion worth of server racks may have shipped through Southeast Asian nations like [ADDRESS] or [ADDRESS]. In another, three people were charged with exporting $3.5 billion worth of AI servers to [ADDRESS] via similar routes.