Singapore files new charges Nvidia chip smuggling case diverted to China
Singapore just widened its biggest Nvidia chip-smuggling case. Prosecutors filed new fraud and money-laundering charges against businessman Alan Wei Zhaolun, accused of diverting Dell and Super Micro servers with Nvidia chips to China. Police blocked sale of a S$55M mansion. H
Singapore has widened the most closely watched enforcement action tied to smuggled Nvidia () AI chips. Prosecutors on July 6 filed new charges, including money laundering, against businessman Alan Wei Zhaolun, alleging he used roughly S$38 million in criminal proceeds toward the S$55 million purchase of a luxury bungalow. Four people and four companies now face charges over a scheme that allegedly misrepresented the end-users of Dell () and Super Micro () servers containing Nvidia chips, then diverted them to China between late 2023 and early 2025. Police have seized about S$1 million in bank funds and blocked any sale of the mansion, worth about US$42 million. Wei pleaded not guilty and was released on bail, with his lawyer calling the charges misconceived. The case shows how US export controls on advanced AI chips are increasingly enforced through third countries, and Singapore, a major transshipment hub, has an incentive to prosecute aggressively to protect its standing as a trusted trade node.