Federal prosecutors have shut down a Chinese smuggling network that allegedly attempted to ship advanced Nvidia chips to China, in violation of U.S. export control laws, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Dec. 8.
Gong Fanyue, 43, a Chinese citizen and New York-based tech company owner, was arrested in New York on Dec. 3.
Yuan Benlin, 58, a Canadian citizen from China and the chief executive of a Virginia-based information technology (IT) service company, was arrested in Virginia on Nov 28.
Gong and Yuan were accused of independently conspiring with employees of a Hong Kong-based logistics company and a China-based artificial intelligence (AI) technology company to circumvent U.S. export controls, according to the prosecutors, who estimated that the scheme started in at least November 2023….
2 Chinese Nationals Detained Over Alleged Scheme to Smuggle Nvidia AI Chips to China
