Two Chinese Nationals in US Charged Over Export of AI Chips to China

Two Chinese nationals were arrested in California and charged with illegally shipping tens of millions of dollars' worth of artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China, including Nvidia H100s, said the US Justice Department on Aug. 5.

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LOS ANGELES, California -

Geng Chuan, 28, from Pasadena, and Yang Shiwei, 28, from El Monte, exported the advanced Nvidia chips and other technology to China from October 2022 through July 2025 without obtaining the required licenses from the US Commerce Department, a criminal complaint says.

According to the complaint, Geng and Yang's El Monte-based company, ALX Solutions, was founded in 2022, shortly after the US imposed sweeping export controls on technology to China to slow Beijing's military modernization and began to require licenses for the chips. China opposed the US move as harming normal trade.