GoKawiilNvidia contact led Commerce Dept. to drop Megaspeed chip-smuggling probe
The New York Times reports that Commerce Department investigators spent months probing Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center firm suspected of smuggling Nvidia AI chips into China, before the case was abruptly handed to the Justice Department. The transfer followed an email from Nvidia general counsel Tim Teter asking about the investigation, which he said he sent with permission from Commerce official Jeff Kessler. Investigators were reportedly alarmed that Nvidia invoked Kessler's name, and some viewed the contact as a breach of procedure.