Bloomberg: Manhattan Federal Prosecutors Probe Whether Alice Huang-Linked Entities Smuggled Super Micro Products to China
Bloomberg reported on November 12 that the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan are investigating whether entities tied to Alice Huang sought to smuggle Super Micro Computer's super-intelligence server products into China in breach of U.S. export controls. Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, is suspected by U.S. officials of spying for China; her relationship with Nvidia founder Jensen Huang is part of the chain of events that led to his resignation on November 12 as Nvidia's president, chief executive and board director.
According to Bloomberg, investigators are tracing a diversion route that passed through Obon, an intermediary based in Bangkok, Thailand. It is not clear whether the inquiry is tied to chip-smuggling cases prosecutors have already brought, and the investigation could be closed without any charges being filed. Super Micro has not been charged in this inquiry; the company says it is cooperating with authorities and said in August that its own independent investigation found no evidence that current management was involved in an illegal diversion scheme. Huang's side did not respond to Bloomberg's request for comment.
It is not Super Micro's first brush with smuggling allegations: in March 2026, Manhattan federal prosecutors charged Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw and two others with conspiring to divert servers containing Nvidia chips, worth about $2.5 billion, to China through Southeast Asia. Liaw has pleaded not guilty, and Super Micro itself was not charged in that case. Super Micro shares fell about 12% on Thursday after the latest report.
Bloomberg also reported the same day, citing two administration officials, that the Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into Nvidia. There is no indication that Nvidia or Jensen Huang himself faces criminal charges.
Source: Bloomberg
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