The authorities in Singapore have charged three men with fraud, reportedly in connection with the shipment of Nvidia GPUs into China in violation of US export controls.

Three Singapore men were charged with stealing from a supplier of computer servers, shedding light on the role of local intermediates in the global distribution of Nvidia Corp. chips.

Singapore charged three men with fraud in a case domestic media have linked to the movement of Nvidia's advanced chips from the city state to Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek.

A local case of fraud in Singapore might be the tip of the iceberg for some international AI intrigue. According to Reuters, three people were charged with fraud for allegedly lying about the delivery of items to a server supplier.

Three men were charged with fraud in Singapore on Thursday following raids linked to the alleged illegal movement of Nvidia chips to China, bypassing U.S. export controls. The men were among nine people arrested when Singapore authorities raided 22 locations on Wednesday.

Singapore has charged three men with fraud in a case linked to the alleged movement of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) AI chips to Chinas DeepSeek. The U.S. is investigating whether DeepSeek, which gained attention in January