美国商人涉嫌走私3亿美元AI服务器至中国
美国商人被控通过马来西亚中转走私3亿美元AI服务器到中国，涉及Nvidia H100芯片和虚假文件。
美国检方指控Earthmade Computer所有者Greg Lui走私价值超过3亿美元的出口管制AI服务器到中国。Lui面临最高20年的出口管制阴谋罪、10年的走私罪和20年的洗钱阴谋罪指控。2023-2024年间，Lui及其同伙从美国制造商购买高端GPU服务器，经马来西亚和转运至中国，制造商收到虚假文件称服务器将送达许可最终用户。2024年1月，Lui allegedly发送合规表格显示马来西亚转运买家知道美国法律限制其寻求的70台服务器。当月，他从美国制造商订购了27台配备Nvidia H100 GPU的服务器，价值约761.4万美元，每台28.2万美元。
US prosecutors say Earthmade Computer owner Greg Lui smuggled more than $300M in export-controlled AI servers to China.
Lui, faces statutory maximums of 20 years for export-control conspiracy, 10 for smuggling and 20 for money-laundering conspiracy.
Lui and unnamed co-conspirators allegedly bought high-end GPU servers from US manufacturers during 2023 and 2024.
Freight forwarders carried the machines to Malaysia and Singapore, where no US license was required, before co-conspirators reshipped them to China.
Those manufacturers received false papers claiming the servers would reach permitted end users and destinations.
Yet in January 2024, Lui allegedly emailed a co-conspirator a compliance form showing a Malaysian transshipment buyer knew US law restricted the 70 servers it sought.
Later that month, he ordered 27 of those servers, fitted with Nvidia H100 GPUs, from a US manufacturer for approximately $7.614M, or $282K each.
Payments ran the other way, with Earthmade receiving more than $176M from 2 Malaysia-based shipment companies between January and October 2024, prosecutors allege.
