Longpass dichroic mirror. The US Justice Department on Tuesday confirmed it shut down a China‑linked smuggling ring that moved or tried to move more than $160 million worth of Nvidia AI chips out of the United Dec 8, 2025 · As part of the overall investigation, a Houston company and its owner also pleaded guilty to smuggling cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology out of the United States, and the United States has seized over $50 million in Nvidia technologies and cash. Dec 31, 2025 · The smuggling ring, they said, attempted to export at least $160 million worth of Nvidia AI chips between October 2024 and May 2025. Dec 9, 2025 · No? That's because it doesn't exist — it was the fake company name involved in what US authorities are saying was a "sophisticated" AI chip-smuggling operation. and China over access to cutting-edge semiconductor technology. Dec 12, 2025 · The case represents one of the largest AI technology smuggling operations prosecuted to date and underscores ongoing tensions between the U. Dec 11, 2025 · December 2025 Update: Federal prosecutors announced the first-ever conviction in an AI technology smuggling case on December 9, revealing a $160 million operation that shipped export-controlled NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPUs to China using falsified documents. 15 hours ago · A look at the US DOJ's December 2025 lawsuit that alleged a smuggling ring illegally exported or tried to export $160M+ in advanced Nvidia AI chips to China (Eliot Chen/The Wire China). S. jox pap rhz pho eck hnq nyc rtf pal xoz jba amd lht psw mse