A senior Nvidia Corp. manager has been indicted in Taiwan for allegedly organizing the illegal export of high-end AI servers containing Nvidia’s B300 chips to China, prosecutors said on Monday.
Chang, identified as an Nvidia manager and described as a core figure in the case, faces charges of forgery and breach of trust, with prosecutors seeking a five-year prison sentence. The case centers on the alleged smuggling of 74 servers through Japan and Indonesia over the past few years, despite U.S. export controls on advanced AI components to China.
Taiwanese authorities also seized 56 additional servers linked to the operation, which prosecutors allege were part of a broader scheme involving nine individuals. Among those indicted are two senior employees from Super Micro Computer Inc., the hardware manufacturer involved in the shipments. Taiwan has not accused Nvidia as a company of any wrongdoing.
The Keelung District Prosecutors Office stated that the group "colluded vertically and horizontally for exorbitant profits, illegally exporting high-end servers, increasing corporate compliance costs, and severely damaging Taiwan's international image." The case marks Taiwan’s first known crackdown on the black-market trade of such accelerators.
