Greg Lui allegedly used false paperwork to smuggle export-controlled gear from US to third countries and then China

US authorities have arrested a man accused of smuggling more than $300m worth of computer servers to China, the Department of Justice announced.

Greg Lui, 38, of California, also known as “Yiu Kong Lui”, allegedly used false paperwork and shipments through third countries to smuggle the export-controlled computer servers to China, the justice department said in a statement on Thursday.

The servers contained “US-manufactured graphics processing units (GPUs) commonly used for Super Intelligence (SI)”, it added, using the Trump administration’s new name for artificial intelligence (AI).

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[–] 14 points 1 month ago (1 child)

That’s just one server with a single GPU and all RAM slots occupied.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    Bro needs to learn how they do it at Nvidia, no one went to jail after all their sales to China.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Thank you for your service Mr. Lui. Local Qwen 3.8 27B actually saves time on family projects. 😁

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    [–] 28 points 1 month ago

    OMG that's like 32 GB of DDR 5!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    So, what, 6RU these days?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    The servers contained “US-manufactured graphics processing units (GPUs) commonly used for Super Intelligence (SI)”, it added, using the Trump administration’s new name for artificial intelligence (AI).

    What US-made GPUs did he export? The US doesn't produce any that are really worthwhile for AI use like that. And definitely not back in 2023-2024 like the article says. The Phoenix facility went online in 2025.

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