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Tom’s Hardware • Etiido Uko • October 2, 2026
A California man has been arrested for smuggling over $300 million worth of restricted Nvidia chips to China in violation of U.S. export controls. According to a U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) press release on October 1, the defendant — Greg Lui, also known as Yiu Kong Lui — and unidentified co-conspirators smuggled the chips in high-end servers from 2023 to 2024.
Source: Tom’s Hardware • Etiido Uko • October 2, 2026