Nvidia worker among 9 charged in Taiwan chip smuggling case

Nine people in Taiwan, including an Nvidia worker, were charged over the illegal export of artificial intelligence servers to China.



The indictments follow an investigation into the shipment of "high-end" AI servers made by Nasdaq-listed Super Micro Computer and containing advanced Nvidia chips to China in violation of US export controls.



Eight of the nine defendants were charged with breach of trust and forging documents to smuggle 74 servers containing Nvidia chips to China, Keelung District Prosecutors Office said in a statement.



Of those servers, 50 were transhipped through Indonesia, eight were sent via Japan and the rest were exported directly to China.



An additional 56 servers were seized at Taiwan's border..



Three of the defendants have been charged with embezzlement.