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An Nvidia RTX Spark chip and a laptop are displayed during the Nvidia Product Showcase at Computex 2026 in Taipei on June 3. Photo: I-Hwa Cheng, AFP
US EXPORT CONTROLS: Seven suspects are being held as part of a probe into the shipment of advanced chips to China, Macau and Hong Kong
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Prosecutors have detained an Nvidia employee as part of an investigation into the smuggling of the US tech giant’s artificial intelligence （AI） chips to China, a source familiar with the case said yesterday.
The man was detained after investigators raided his home and workplace on Friday last week, the Keelung District Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement, without mentioning Nvidia.
He is suspected of offenses including “the falsification of business documents under the Criminal Code,” prosecutors said in a statement.
The US restricts exports to China of the most cutting-edge silicon chips used in artificial intelligence systems, designed by Nvidia.
Officials in May said they were investigating the shipment of “high-end” AI servers made by NASDAQ-listed Super Micro Computer and containing advanced Nvidia chips to China, Macau and Hong Kong, in contravention of US export controls.
“This Nvidia employee was identified as a person involved in the case after investigators analyzed the relevant evidence following the previous round of searches targeting Super Micro,” the source said.
In response to Agence France-Presse’s request for comment, an Nvidia spokesperson said “smuggling is a nonstarter.”
“We primarily sell our products to well-known partners, including OEMs, who help us ensure that all sales comply with US export control rules,” the spokesperson said, using the acronym for original equipment manufacturers.
“Even relatively small exporters and shipments are subject to thorough review and scrutiny on both sides of the globe, and any diverted products would have no service, support, or updates,” they added.
Prosecutors said the detained person is “strongly suspected of having committed the offenses, and that there is a risk of flight, destruction of evidence, and collusion with accomplices or witnesses.”
Seven people were being held as part of the probe, including the Nvidia employee, two from Super Micro and one from Taiwan-listed Albatron Technology （青雲科技）.
They are accused of forging documents to ship about 50 servers made by Super Micro to China.
Some of the servers were cleared by Taiwan’s customs and sent to China via Japan, an official previously said on condition of anonymity.
Taiwanese prosecutors have said it is too early to know if the case is linked to an Nvidia chip smuggling case involving Super Micro Computer employees in the US and Singapore.
Singapore police seized a luxury bungalow this month worth more than US$40 million as part of fraud investigations linked to the alleged transfer of AI chips.
A US indictment unsealed in March showed employees of the company allegedly raked in billions of US dollars diverting Nvidia AI chips to China in breach of export controls.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
