Fifth Person Charged in Singapore Nvidia Chip Server Case: Shi Bingzhe, 34, Faces 41 Charges

Singapore prosecutors charged a fifth person in an artificial intelligence (AI) server fraud case on November 12, according to Reuters. Shi Bingzhe, a 34-year-old Singaporean, faces 41 charges, including one count of acquiring benefits from criminal conduct. Reuters reported that the charge sheets were dated November 10.

Prosecutors allege Shi bought servers from Aperia, whose parent, the Aperia Group, is also under investigation. The case centers on alleged false representations about the end users of servers purchased from Dell Technologies, Super Micro Computer and Asustek Computer. Singapore's home affairs minister has said the servers may have contained chips from U.S. firm Nvidia, and that the servers were shipped onward to Malaysia.

Four other individuals were charged earlier in the case: Aaron Woon Guo Jie, 41; Alan Wei Zhaolun, 49; Li Ming, 51, a Chinese national; and Jenny Lim, 51, on offences including fraud, money laundering and fraudulent trading. In July, four companies — Aperia International, A-Speed Infotech, Aperia Cloud Services (II) and Luxuriate Your Life — were charged with fraud by false representation. Prosecutors previously disclosed that the alleged transactions involved approximately US$390 million.

According to The Straits Times, the case came to light after a U.S. investigation into whether Chinese start-up DeepSeek had circumvented U.S. restrictions on advanced Nvidia chips by buying them through third parties in other countries, including Singapore. The United States has banned exports of high-end Nvidia chips to China on security grounds. Reuters said it could not reach the parties involved for comment. (Source: Reuters)

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Source: Reuters

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