Singapore grants bail for Nvidia chip smugglers in alleged $390M fraud

A judge in Singapore Three people have been granted bail The suppliers of the server computers are suspected of cheating which may contain Nvidia chips affected by US export rules It prohibits selling in certain countries as a way to stop selling in Chinese companies.

This step comes in about two weeks Three people in the city-state were charged with the trafficking of Nvidia Chips And to make fraud against Del and Super Micro Where do the servers be misinterpreted.

Singapore prosecutors say that Singapore companies are involved in servers provided in the fraud case and then moved to Malaysia, with the transaction about $ 390 million with transactions, A report of ReutersThe It is unclear what the final destination will be for these servers.

Singapore’s two men bail was set at S $ 800,000 ($ 600,000) and S $ 600,000, while the third person, a Chinese citizen, stood at $ 1 million. The next court hearing will be held on May 2.

The prosecution requested for an eight -week delay to complete the investigation and sought specific conditions, including prohibitions from the airport or border checkpoints to ban and discuss the case when he was released on bail, Every blombergThe Chinese man Report Should wear an electronic monitoring device.

According to the latest of the Nvidia Annual reportSingapore had a 5% income in Singapore on January 26, but in spite of shipment in the country, less than 2% was sold.

Due to its advanced technology and expensive solutions in China, the Chinese dippek attracted global attention in the AI ​​industry in January, which leads to anxiety around how and where it gives chips sources. Despite trying to restrict exports and to prevent the technology from using it in China, DIPC’s AI is powered by NVEDIA chips.

Malaysia Last week said that it would take the “necessary action” Malaysian companies are involved in a fraud case related to the transfer of NVIDIA chips from Singapore to China.