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 Was

2026-05-21

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.