Contractor pleads guilty to diverting Nvidia chips from US to China
October 12, 2026
A contractor linked to Super Micro Computer has pleaded guilty in a scheme to illegally export computer servers containing advanced Nvidia AI chips to China, reports Reuters.
Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun pleaded guilty to four counts, including conspiracies to violate US export controls, smuggle goods from the US, defraud the country and obstruct justice. He entered the plea on Thursday in US District Court in Manhattan.
In March, prosecutors charged Sun and two others associated with Super Micro, including a co-founder of the AI-server maker, with conspiring to divert about $2.5 billion worth of US AI technology to China in violation of export laws. The scheme began around October 2023, with Sun and others conspiring to export servers from a US manufacturer, widely believed to be Super Micro, to China without the required licenses, according to the indictment.