Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang are accused of exporting the chips from the US to China through Singapore and Malaysia.

DOJ said the defendants illegally exported millions of dollars' worth of advanced chips and other technology to China from October 2022 through July 2025. The illicit shipments included Nvidia's advanced H100 general processing units,

Two Chinese nationals were arrested in California and charged with illegally shipping tens of millions of dollars' worth of AI chips to China, including Nvidia H100s, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday.