Taiwanese prosecutors are seeking to detain three individuals accused of forging
documents to export Nvidia AI chips to China, marking Taiwan’s first crackdown
on semiconductor smuggling. Authorities said the suspects falsified declarations
involving AI servers made by Super Micro Computer to ship them to China, Hong
Kong and Macau in violation of US export controls. Prosecutors said the suspects
knowingly used fraudulent documentation to bypass restrictions on AI hardware
exports imposed by Washington since 2022.