Californian accused of shipping $300M worth of Nvidia chips to China without Uncle Sam’s approval
Prosecutors claim Greg Lui helped China procure advanced hardware to develop, ahem, 'super intelligence’
A California businessman, Greg Lui, has been arrested for allegedly shipping $300 million worth of Nvidia chips to China without obtaining the necessary export licenses. The alleged scheme began in October 2023 and continued until at least August 12, 2026. Lui allegedly ordered the Nvidia products, including high-performance GPUs such as A100, H100, PNY GE Force RTX 4090, and GeForce RTX 5090, using his company Earthmade Computer Inc. He then sent these products to Malaysia and Singapore, countries that do not require export licenses from the US Commerce Department, before they were forwarded to China.
The US government asserts that Lui was fully aware of the legal implications of his actions and that shipping such advanced Nvidia chips to China is restricted to license-holders only. Lui faces charges of violating the Export Control Reform Act, Export Administration Regulations, outbound smuggling, and money laundering, with a maximum possible sentence of 50 years in prison.
The FBI's Counterintelligence and Espionage Division has emphasized the importance of controlling the export of advanced Super Intelligence (SI) technology to safeguard national security and defend the homeland.
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