New positions for 2 of the 3 men allegedly linked to computer servers that probably contained NVIDIA chips

Singapore – On March 6, prosecutors presented new positions for two of the three men allegedly linked to computer servers exported to Malaysia that could contain Nvidia chips.

The Singapurenses Aaron Woon Guo Jie, 40, and Alan Wei Zhaolun, 48, were delivered a second fraud position, after the Department of Commercial Affairs (CAD) discovered more evidence.

Men are accused of committing fraud in Supermicro, a supplier of servers based in the USA. UU., By fraudulently making a false representation that the elements would not transfer to a person who is not the consigned authorized final of the end users.

Prosecutors said there may be other people of interest linked to the case, and added that CAD investigators are registering state statements.

In total, researchers have seized 42 devices, comprising phones and computers. The articles are currently being examined by forensic experts, prosecutors said.

CAD researchers have also requested bank extracts from several financial institutions, to trace the movement of funds linked to the two men.

Crimes were supposedly committed in 2024.

The case against the third man, the National Li Ming, 51, has been postponed to an afternoon session.

The probe in Singapore occurred after an anonymous warning on computer servers that could contain Nvidia chips that are exported to Malaysia, and possibly to an unknown final destination.

Preliminary investigations showed that the servers of US companies Dell and Supermicro, possibly integrated with artificial NVIDIA Intelligence (AI), were sent to Singapore -based companies before they were exported to Malaysia.

Minister of Interior Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam said March 3 The servers probably contained elements subject to export controls by the US.

The United States government had imposed a series of export controls in 2022 to restrict the sale of high -performance AI chips to China.

Questions were raised in the US supposedly using Nvidia chipsA leading designer of AI chips in the United States.

Deepseek launch in January cleaned around US $ 1 billion (s $ 1.33 billion) off The value of American technological actions.

The authorities in the US are investigating the potential choice of their export controls for advanced NVIDIA chips.

The Chip designer issued a statement to say that there was no reason to believe that Depseek had obtained any product controlled product of Singapore.

The three men were first accused on February 27 with a fraud count.

Li is accused of committing fraud in 2023 in an supplier of unnamed servers, identified in judicial documents such as “the elements.”

Supposedly made a false representation that a company called Luxuriates Your Life would be the end user of the elements.

Wei and Woon are accused of working together in 2024 to commit fraud to an unidentified servers provider, also mentioned in judicial documents such as “the elements.”

The two men supposedly made a false representation that the elements would not be transferred to a person who is not the authorized authorized authorized of the end users.

Shanmugam said that the authorities in Singapore are investigating whether Malasia was a final destination for the servers or if the servers went to another place.

He added that if there were false representations within Singapore about the final destination of the servers, then a crime has been committed under the laws of Singapore.

Meanwhile, Singapore has asked the authorities of Malaysia and the United States to share relevant information to help research.

Shanmugam said that if the servers contained articles controlled by the export of the United States, Singapore would support the investigations of the United States, and added that the Republic has good laws to deal with the national situation.

The minister said that companies that operate in Singapore take into account unilateral export controls of other countries that apply to their international commercial activities and carry out their businesses transparently.

On February 18, the second Minister of Commerce and Industry Tan See Leng told Parliament Those products sold by Nvidia to Singapore that were physically delivered here represent less than 1 percent of the general income of the chips manufacturer.

He said that the rest of Nvidia’s income invoiced commercial entities in Singapore did not involve physical shipments in the country.

Dr. so added that Nvidia products are mainly implemented here for the main companies and the government.

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said during the same Parliament session that Singapore was not legally obliged to enforce unilateral export measures from countries around the world.

“But we will enforce the multilateral export control regimes agreed,” he added.

Shanmugam said that the countries of the trade chain and supply have to work together to ensure that everything is done correctly, enforcing their national laws within their jurisdictions.

“As you can see, the problem is not with the law. We have the laws.

“It is with the application, and we are enforcing. But where you have a chain of international events, it will not be possible for any country to deal with this by itself, ”he added.