Greg Lui, 38, owner of closely held Earthmade Computer, was arrested in California on federal charges alleging he helped smuggle more than $300 million of export-controlled servers containing Nvidia GPUs to China between 2023 and 2024. Prosecutors allege the equipment was routed through Malaysia and Singapore before being re-exported to China without Commerce Department licenses. One order covered 27 Nvidia H100-equipped servers purchased for approximately $7.6 million. Lui faces charges of conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act and Export Administration Regulations, outbound smuggling, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The case adds to U.S. enforcement actions targeting alleged diversions of advanced AI hardware through Southeast Asia. Taiwanese authorities in August indicted nine people, including employees of Nvidia and Super Micro Computer, over separate allegations involving high-end AI servers exported to mainland China. U.S. restrictions on advanced Nvidia chip exports to China began in 2022 and have expanded since, including license requirements for H20 exports before some sales were later allowed to resume.