Super Micro case ‘fixer’ pleads guilty to sending AI servers to China

Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun, a former contractor described by US authorities as a “fixer” in the Super Micro case, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Thursday to helping smuggle AI servers to China. Prosecutors say Sun and others sent servers powered by Nvidia chips to a Southeast Asian company, then diverted them to customers in China, in a scheme involving about $2.5 billion worth of US AI technology. Sun pleaded guilty to four counts, including conspiracy to violate export controls. The indictment alleges the group falsified records and set up “dummy” servers, using a hair dryer to attach serial numbers, to fool auditors. Sun is scheduled to be sentenced in September 2027. Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw has pleaded not guilty and has left the company’s board, while former Taiwan sales manager Ruei-Tsang “Steven” Chang has not appeared in court. Super Micro is not a defendant and has said its current senior leaders did not know about the scheme. The case is part of a growing wave of AI server smuggling prosecutions in the US.

(Source：TNW | China)