US arrests California man suspected of smuggling restricted Nvidia chips

Published Friday, October 2, 2026 · 10:46 AM EDT

US authorities arrested a California man suspected of smuggling $300M+ worth of restricted Nvidia AI chips to China, Bloomberg reported. The suspected shipments passed through Malaysia and Singapore from 2023 to 2024. The arrest concerns alleged smuggling of restricted hardware.

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