Calif. CEO Charged in New Nvidia GPU Smuggling Case Involving RTX 4090, 5090
A tech CEO in California has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle dozens of servers containing Nvidia GPUs into China.The Justice Department has charged Greg Lui, owner of Earthmade Computer, for conspiring to smuggle “more than $300 million worth of export-controlled high-end computer servers” to China. The 38-year-old was reportedly arrested outside the company’s offices in City of Industry. Lui lists himself as CEO on his LinkedIn page.
- ▪A tech CEO in California has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle dozens of servers containing Nvidia GPUs into China.The Justice Department has charged Greg Lui, owner of Earthmade Computer, for conspiring to smuggle “more than $3
- ▪The 38-year-old was reportedly arrested outside the company’s offices in City of Industry.
- ▪Lui lists himself as CEO on his LinkedIn page.
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A tech CEO in California has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle dozens of servers containing Nvidia GPUs into China.The Justice Department has charged Greg Lui, owner of Earthmade Computer, for conspiring to smuggle “more than $300 million worth of export-controlled high-end computer servers” to China. The 38-year-old was reportedly arrested outside the company’s offices in City of Industry. Lui lists himself as CEO on his LinkedIn page. Allegedly, Lui used his company—a provider of server hardware, including from Nvidia partner Supermicro—to sell enterprise GPUs to buyers in China, even as the US has been blocking such sales to the country.
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