NVIDIA Employee Detained in Taiwan Over GPU Smuggling Case
The detention of an NVIDIA employee in the smuggling probe signals that Taiwanese authorities are expanding their crackdown beyond the three individuals arrested in May 2025 to include corporate insiders.
Reporting from 1 source: GIGAZINE.
Taiwanese prosecutors detained an NVIDIA employee on July 24 as part of an ongoing investigation into the attempted smuggling of AI servers to China via Japan. The suspect, identified by local media as senior business development manager Zhang Tenglong, faces suspicion of serious crimes and possible collusion with accomplices.
Taiwanese prosecutors on July 24 detained a person identified only as Zhang in connection with the attempted export of high-end AI servers to China. The Keelung District Prosecutors Office said searches of Zhang's home and company, along with questioning, led to an arrest based on suspicion of serious crimes and the possibility of collusion with accomplices.
Local media outlet Mirror Daily identified Zhang as NVIDIA senior business development manager Zhang Tenglong. The prosecutors have not released his full name or employer.
When asked by PCMag, NVIDIA said GPU smuggling is unacceptable, that it sells products to partners including OEMs who must ensure compliance with US export rules, and that it provides no services for improperly sold products.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.