Singapore charges fifth person in AI server fraud case
SMCI•Singapore charged Shi Bingzhe, 34, with 41 offences in a case involving alleged false representations about end users of AI servers purchased from Dell, Super Micro Computer and Asustek Computer.
1. New charges filed
Prosecutors allege Shi bought servers from Aperia International, whose parent, Aperia Group, is also under investigation. Charge sheets dated November 10 show Shi faces 41 offences, including benefiting from criminal conduct.
2. Investigation background
Officers of Aperia Group and another company, Luxuriate Your Life, were charged in July with fraud, fraudulent trading and money laundering. Singapore’s home affairs minister said the servers may have contained AI chips from Nvidia; the United States has banned exports of high-end Nvidia chips to China on security grounds.
