Doj dismantled a smuggling ring moving $160m worth of nvidia h100/h200 gpus to china, arresting two suspects operation gatekeeper revealed chips were relabeled “sandkyan” to evade export. Federal prosecutors with the southern district of texas say a sophisticated smuggling network with ties to the houston area illegally funneled some of the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence computer chips toward china and other restricted destinations, moving at least $160 million in hardware and taking in more than $50 million in overseas payments. Hardware the us gov shut down a $160 million smuggling operation trying to get nvidia h200 chips into china and also, err, says the gpus won't be restricted anymore The doj announcement came on the same day that president donald trump announced he will allow nvidia to sell its advanced h200 chips to approved customers in china. Two more men have been apprehended for allegedly violating export control laws regarding the supply of nvidia h100 and h200 ai chips to china, reports bloomberg The doj already had a houston.
The us justice department on tuesday confirmed it shut down a china‑linked smuggling ring that moved or tried to move more than $160 million worth of nvidia ai chips out of the united states and.
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