Ting-Wei "Willy" Sun, a former contractor for Super Micro Computer Inc., pleaded guilty on October 9, 2026, in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to illegally export advanced AI servers to China. Sun admitted participating in a scheme that allegedly routed about $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia-powered servers through Southeast Asian intermediaries, violating U.S. export-control laws. Prosecutors charged Sun in March alongside Supermicro co-founder Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liaw and two others over the alleged transfers. Earlier allegations said more than $510 million in equipment reached Chinese customers over three weeks in 2025 through repackaging and false paperwork. The case is part of wider U.S. enforcement against third-party networks used to circumvent restrictions on advanced AI computing technology bound for China.