Singapore is given the guarantee of NVIDIA Chip in alleged fraud of $ 390 million
A judge in Singapore The guarantee was granted to three men Provide suppliers are suspected of servicing computers that may contain NVIDIA chips affected by American export rules To sell them to sell them to certain countries, as a way to stop them to organizations in China.
This step comes for nearly two weeks After accusing the three men in the city of the city of smuggling NVIDIA chips And for a fraud against Dell and Super Micro By mentioning falsely where the servers are located.
Prosecutors in Singapore said that the fraud case included servers submitted by Singaporean companies and then moved to Malaysia, where the total transactions reached about 390 million dollars, For every Reuters report. It is not clear what will be the final destination for these servers.
The guarantee of the two Singaporean men was set at $ 800,000 Singapore ($ 600,000) and 600,000 Singapore dollars each, while the third man, a Chinese citizen, has reached the bail at $ 1 million Singapore. The next court session will be held on May 2.
The prosecution request for a delay for eight weeks to complete the investigations and request specific conditions, including preventing men from airports or border checkpoints and prohibiting them from discussing the case if they were released on bail, For each Bloomberg. Chinese man It is said An electronic monitor should be worn.
According to the latest Nafidia The annual reportSingapore represents 18 % of revenues in the fiscal year that ended on January 28, despite shipments to the country that make up less than 2 % of sales.
Chinese Dibsic attracted global attention in the artificial intelligence industry in January due to advanced technology and cost -effective solutions, which led to increased interests on how and location of the chips sources. DibsicAI is operated through NVIDIA chips, despite efforts to restrict exports and prevent technology use in China.
Malaysia He said last week that it would take “necessary procedures” Against Malaysian companies involved in the case of fraud related to the alleged transportation of NVIDIA chips from Singapore to China.