DOJ Arrests Four in Scheme to Smuggle Nvidia Chips to China
Shell company 'Janford Realtor' used to bypass export controls on advanced GPUs.
The US Department of Justice escalated its crackdown on technology leakage, announcing the arrest of four individuals—two US citizens and two Chinese nationals—for operating a sophisticated smuggling ring designed to funnel Nvidia A100 GPUs to China.
The "Janford Realtor" Scheme
According to the indictment, the defendants operated a front company in Tampa, Florida, named "Janford Realtor LLC." Ostensibly a real estate business, the entity was used to purchase thousands of restricted chips. * Transshipment: The hardware was not shipped directly to China. Instead, the group allegedly routed the shipments through intermediaries in Malaysia and Thailand to evade US export …
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