Keelung District Court detained two Super Micro managers, identified in local media as Wang and Lin, on the night of June 30 and into July 1. Prosecutors allege the pair falsified export paperwork to hide the true destination of AI servers equipped with Nvidia GB300 chips, a shipment valued at roughly NT$700 million (about $22 million). The detention came alongside the arrest of a vice president at Albatron Technology, a Super Micro distributor, and the questioning of two Chief Telecom employees, who were later released on bail.
The investigation traces back to May 20, when Taiwan’s Coast Guard, working with Keelung prosecutors, intercepted 50 Nvidia‑powered servers at the port and seized about NT$9 million in cash. That operation led to the detention of three men at the time. Prosecutors say the export documents for the servers were deliberately altered to conceal a shipment bound for China, violating Taiwan’s export‑control regulations.
On June 29, authorities expanded the probe, raiding Super Micro’s Taiwan office and the facilities of Albatron and Chief Telecom. The sweep covered up to a dozen locations and intensified scrutiny of the company’s supply chain. Super Micro responded in an open letter on July 1, emphasizing a “zero‑tolerance” policy for any legal violations and asserting that the firm itself is not the focus of the investigation. All employees involved in the various probes have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome.
The latest detentions come after earlier legal actions in May, when three individuals were held over a similar export‑control case, and a raid on Super Micro’s Taiwan office in late June. The cumulative effect has weighed on the company’s stock, which fell 8 % to 9 % on the day of the June raid, contributing to a roughly 37 % decline in the share price over the past month.
U.S. prosecutors previously indicted Super Micro co‑founder Yih‑Shyan “Wally” Liaw and two colleagues in March, accusing them of a $2.5 billion smuggling scheme. While that case involves different parties and a larger sum, the Taiwanese actions underscore a broader crackdown on the illicit export of advanced computing hardware.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang weighed in, describing smuggled data‑center equipment as a “dead end” and stressing that national‑security concerns outweigh any short‑term sales losses from export restrictions. Taiwanese law allows prosecutors months to build a case before deciding whether to file formal charges, and no indictment has been issued against the two detained Super Micro managers.
Super Micro has continued to cooperate with authorities, though it has not disclosed whether internal export records have been handed over. The company’s board has flagged an export‑control review ahead of its upcoming earnings report, due August 4. As the investigation proceeds, the firm aims to distance its core business from the alleged wrongdoing of individual employees and a distributor.
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