Super Micro contractor pleads guilty in scheme to divert AI servers with Nvidia chips to China
09/10/2026 23:22
Super Micro contractor pleads guilty in scheme to divert AI servers with Nvidia chips to China By Karen Freifeld
Oct 9 (Reuters) - A contractor linked to Super Micro Computer SMCI.O has pleaded guilty in a scheme to illegally export computer servers containing advanced Nvidia NVDA.O AI chips to China, according to a court filing on Friday.
In March, U.S. prosecutors charged Ting-Wei "Willy" Sun and two others associated with Super Micro, including a co-founder, with conspiring to divert about $2.5 billion worth of U.S. AI technology to China in violation of export laws.
The court docket showed Sun entered his guilty plea on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
(Reporting by Karen Freifeld in New York and Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)
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