Singapore Investigates Fraud Linked to Possible Nvidia AI Chip Exports

Authorities probe servers with potential Nvidia chips shipped from the US, questioning their final destination after passing through Singapore and Malaysia.

• Singapore charged three men with fraud for allegedly misrepresenting the final destination of servers containing advanced chips.
• The servers, supplied by US firms Dell and Super Micro, were sent from Singapore to Malaysia, with uncertainties about their ultimate destination.
• Singapore's investigation, initiated independently after an anonymous tip-off, is not directly connected to US export control enforcement efforts.
• US authorities are investigating whether Chinese AI firm DeepSeek circumvented sanctions to acquire Nvidia chips through third-party routes, including Singapore and Malaysia.
• Singapore is collaborating with US and Malaysian authorities to determine if the servers contained export-controlled Nvidia AI chips and to trace their movement.

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