Overview

• Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang appeared in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday, accused of exporting AI-grade GPUs to China without required Commerce Department licences.
• Geng, a lawful permanent resident, was released on a $250,000 bond while Yang, who overstayed her visa, remains detained pending an August 12 detention hearing and a September 11 arraignment.
• Investigators say the defendants used ALX Solutions Inc. to send at least 21 shipments of high-performance GPUs, including Nvidia H100 chips, via freight forwarders in Singapore and Malaysia to obscure the true destination.
• Financial records reportedly show ALX Solutions received payments from Hong Kong and China-based firms, such as a $1 million transfer in January 2024, rather than from declared intermediaries.
• The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security and the FBI are continuing to probe potential wider supply-chain evasion and technology transfer networks.