"Li, along with Hon Ning Matthew Ho, 34, a US citizen who was born in Hong Kong and lives in Tampa, Florida, are suspected of using a shell company called Janford Realtor to funnel almost $4 million from two unnamed Hong Kong-registered Chinese companies, per Bay Area News Group, to purchase and then export the restricted computer GPUs and chips, per CNBC."
"Per a press release from the US Department Of Justice, the United States has strict regulations in place as China strives to fulfill its goal of becoming an AI world leader by 2030 by utilizing AI advancements to modernize its military, develop weapons of mass destruction, and deploy sophisticated surveillance tools. Nvidia, a Santa Clara-based company, is not involved with the case. Court Watch was the first to break the story."
"Ho is considered the ringleader of the operation, per Wired. Jing Harry Chen, 45, a Chinese national on an F-1 nonimmigrant student visa who also lives in Tampa, Florida, is listed as helping Li and Ho with the operation. Additionally, Brian Curtis Raymond, 46, a US citizen in Huntsville, Alabama, allegedly used his company Bitworks Technology, a legal reseller of Nvidia"
Federal prosecutors charged four people — two U.S. citizens and two Chinese nationals — with conspiring to export restricted Nvidia GPUs, AI chips, and HP supercomputers to China. The defendants allegedly used a shell company, Janford Realtor, to funnel nearly $4 million from Hong Kong-registered firms to buy and ship top-tier Nvidia technology through Thailand and Malaysia. Authorities say China aims to become an AI leader by 2030 and that U.S. export controls constrain advanced computing exports to prevent military and surveillance enhancements. One suspect reportedly boasted that his father performed similar work for the CCP. Nvidia is not involved.
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