Super Micro Co-Founder Charged With Smuggling $2.5 Billion of AI Tech Into China

An executive at Super Micro Computer was arrested Thursday for allegedly smuggling servers with advanced AI chips into China. The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment revealing that three people associated with Super Micro were charged in a conspiracy involving “false documents, staged dummy servers to mislead inspectors, and convoluted transshipment schemes” to bypass U.S. export rules on AI tech. Super Micro Co-Founder, Board Member, and Vice President of Business Development Yih-Shyan Liaw, was among those arrested. A Taiwanese-based contractor, Ting-Wei Sun, was also arrested. Ruei-Tsang Chang, a sales manager also based in Taiwan, was charged but remains a…