SUPER MICRO CO-FOUNDER ARRESTED IN $2.5B NVIDIA GPU SMUGGLING SCANDAL

Shernice軒嬣 2000
03-20 19:04

SMCI co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw arrested today. 

Holds approximately $464M worth of SMCI shares

Accused of orchestrating the illegal export of billions in Nvidia servers to China

Allegedly used a Southeast Asian shell company to funnel $2.5B in hardware to Chinese buyers

$510M worth of servers reportedly moved in just three weeks (Spring 2025)

Built thousands of dummy systems to bypass U.S. compliance checks

Surveillance footage shows him swapping serial number labels with a hair dryer

Coordinated operations through encrypted group chats

Super Micro Computer $SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC(SMCI)$   shares drop 23% in pre-market

$Defiance Daily Target 2X Long SMCI ETF(SMCX)$  

Faces up to 30 years in federal prison

Market reaction: panic mode.

$Dell Technologies Inc.(DELL)$   is direct competitor in AI servers

When SMCI weakens → orders may shift to Dell

Investors think:

“If SMCI loses credibility, Dell gains market share”

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Modified in.03-20 21:19
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Comments

  • shihlonchen
    04:13
    shihlonchen
    依照起訴內容，50～60%訂單會先轉單，20～30%陸續轉單，10%國內訂單會留著。出口會被禁止，基本退出AI市場，準備下市了。
    • Shernice軒嬣 2000: 
      If the US imposes export restrictions on SMCI, customers may be forced to shift elsewhere. If more people get implicated and the company faces penalties or sanctions, the situation could worsen.
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