Californian accused of shipping $300M worth of Nvidia chips to China without Uncle Sam’s approval
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Lui would then send them to Malaysia and Singapore, two countries that do not require licenses from the Commerce Department, and companies there would forward them to China in an effort to circumvent US export controls. Eisenberg, assistant attorney general for national security. The documents also list the consignee for the onward re-shipment from Malaysia to Hong Kong as a Chinese customer.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Lui would then send them to Malaysia and Singapore, two countries that do not require licenses from the Commerce Department, and companies th
- ▪Eisenberg, assistant attorney general for national security.
- ▪The documents also list the consignee for the onward re-shipment from Malaysia to Hong Kong as a Chinese customer.
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| Publication time | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:20:00 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); security Californian accused of shipping $300M worth of Nvidia chips to China without Uncle Sam’s approval Prosecutors claim Greg Lui helped China procure advanced hardware to develop, ahem, 'super intelligence’ Connor Jones Connor Jones Cybersecurity reporter Published fri 2 Oct 2026 // 16:20 UTC READ MORE OpenAI's wandering AI agents earn it a California subpoena 46 minutes ago OpenAI shows three staff the door over alleged information misuse 2 hours ago Nvidia debuts $4,999 DGX Spark…
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