🚨 SCANDAL SUPER MICRO: NVIDIA GPU WORTH $2.5 BILLION SMUGGLED INTO CHINA 🚨
Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw, co-founder of Super Micro Computer, has been arrested on charges of orchestrating a $2.5 billion smuggling operation of Nvidia servers to China, circumventing U.S. restrictions on advanced chip exports. According to investigations,
Liaw allegedly used a shell company in Southeast Asia to disguise shipments, creating “fake” servers to deceive checks.
The most surreal detail, however, concerns the method: a simple hairdryer was used to heat and remove labels with serial numbers, allowing them to be replaced and making the products untraceable.
In just three weeks last spring, components worth over $510 million were allegedly shipped. The operation was a true race against time to anticipate new U.S. restrictions, so much so that Liaw reportedly urged his team with an official link from the White House accompanied by a clear “go faster.”
Despite a huge personal fortune, with about $464 million in SMCI stocks, Liaw still decided to risk it all.
He is now out on bail but faces up to 30 years in prison, while a key collaborator remains at large.
Meanwhile, the SMCI stock has lost 14% after hours, signaling how much the affair is weighing on investor confidence.
A story destined to linger.