3 men in Singapore charged over Nvidia server fraud linked to China
The suspects are accused of misrepresenting the actual end-user of the hardware, highlighting intermediaries’ role in global chip distribution
Singaporean police charged three men for allegedly defrauding an unnamed supplier of computing servers, casting a spotlight on local intermediaries’ role in funnelling Nvidia Corp. chips around the world.
The case centres on whether the trio played a role in misleading the server supplier, including by misrepresenting the actual end-user of the hardware, according to their charge sheets. Two Singaporean men, 41 and 49, were charged for criminal conspiracy to commit fraud, while a Chinese national, 51, was charged for committing a fraud.
The police did not provide details on the products potentially involved, nor did they name the server computer supplier involved. The Chinese man was charged for making a false representation that a company named Luxuriate Your Life Pte “would be the end-user of the items,” according to his charge sheet.
Such offences carry a sentence of up to 20 years in jail, the police said in a separate statement. The police have also made six other arrests related to its investigation. In total, the police are investigating 22 individuals and companies for suspected involvement in fraud by false representation.
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