Overview

• Chuan Geng of Pasadena and Shiwei Yang of El Monte are charged under the Export Control Reform Act with up to 20 years in prison for each count.
• Prosecutors accuse their company ALX Solutions Inc. of making at least 21 unlicensed shipments of Nvidia H100 and other GPUs between October 2022 and July 2025.
• Law enforcement seized their office phones after a raid that uncovered messages detailing plans to route controlled chips through Singapore and Malaysia.
• Geng surrendered and was released on a $250,000 bond while Yang remains detained pending an August 12 hearing, with arraignment set for September 11.
• Officials say the case underscores heightened export restrictions on AI hardware and has prompted calls for measures like chip-level tracking to prevent smuggling.