FuriaHubTaiwan charges nine over a scheme that dressed B300 servers as local installs
Keelung prosecutors charged nine people, reports say including an Nvidia senior manager and two former Super Micro Taiwan employees. Of 130 B300 servers, 74 reached Chinese customers and 56 were blocked.
On August 24 Ars Technica, citing Reuters, reported that prosecutors in Keelung charged nine people in a scheme that made 130 B300 servers look as if they were installed in Taiwan. Reports said the group included an Nvidia senior manager and two former Super Micro Taiwan employees. Super Micro said it is not a target.
What we know
- Keelung prosecutors charged nine people, reportedly including an Nvidia senior manager and two former Super Micro Taiwan employees.
- One hundred thirty B300 servers were made to look installed in Taiwan; 74 were delivered to Chinese customers and 56 were blocked.
- The case follows the March U.S. arrest of Wally Liaw over alleged $2.5 billion diversions.
- Super Micro said it is not a target of the Taiwan case.
Takeaways
- The disguise was a fake Taiwan install, not a missing crate on a dock.
- More than half the 130 servers still reached Chinese customers.
- Super Micro is publicly separating itself from the charged former employees.
Source: Ars Technica / Reuters
