Breaking: DOJ charges Supermicro co-founder Liaw and others with conspiring to illegally export $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia AI servers to China (2024-2025).
Using a Southeast Asian shell company to bypass regulations, $510 million has already been successfully delivered. Key points: On-site use of dummy server + hairdryer to destroy serial numbers (video evidence).
Charges: Violating export controls + defrauding the government, with a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
This is a significant warning for the AI supply chain and the Nvidia ecosystem: do not touch compliance red lines, the risks are far greater than imagined.
SMCI stock price has already plummeted, follow up closely.
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