Three defendants including a Hong Kong-based Chinese national have been charged with conspiring to smuggle and export millions of dollars worth of controlled computer chips from California to China through Thailand. The scheme highlights ongoing concerns about Chinese efforts to obtain sensitive American technology.
Stanley Yi Zheng of Hong Kong and two U.S. accomplices charged with conspiring to illegally export advanced AI computer chips to China through Thailand, violating U.S. export controls in a $170 million scheme.