
- DoJ dismantled a smuggling ring moving $160M worth of Nvidia H100/H200 GPUs to China, arresting two suspects
- Operation Gatekeeper revealed chips were relabeled “SANDKYAN” to evade export controls, threatening U.S. AI security
- Despite the crackdown, President Trump authorized Nvidia to sell its GPUs to China legally
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) took down a major smuggling operation that saw Nvidia chips being shipped to China, despite the export ban. Two people were arrested in the process.