Singapore Scheme May Have Funneled Nvidia Chips to DeepSeek

A local case of fraud in Singapore might be the tip of the iceberg for some international AI intrigue. According to Reuters, three people were charged with fraud for allegedly lying about the delivery of items to a server supplier. Local media reports indicate that those “items” may have been high-end Nvidia chips that may have gotten rerouted to Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek. On the surface, the charges are pretty vague, albeit serious. Singaporeans identified as Aaron Woon Guo Jie and Alan Wei Zhaolun, along with Chinese national Li Ming were charged by the city-state’s authorities for allegedly lying about supplying unidentified items to a server company—crimes that carry a penalty of up to 20 years in jail and a potential fine. But just beneath the surface appears to be a broader conspiracy. Per Reuters, Singapore’s law enforcement has arrested a total of nine people in a joint operation carried out with customs. Those raids hit 22 different locations, where au ... Read full article.