{"id":2582151,"date":"2026-03-20T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-exec-charged-with-secretly-sending-huge-quantities-of-advanced-ai-equipment-to-china\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:22:44","slug":"tech-exec-charged-with-secretly-sending-huge-quantities-of-advanced-ai-equipment-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-exec-charged-with-secretly-sending-huge-quantities-of-advanced-ai-equipment-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Exec. Charged with Secretly Sending Huge Quantities of Advanced AI Equipment to China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftech-exec-charged-with-secretly-sending-huge-quantities-of-advanced-ai-equipment-to-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2582151&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Federal authorities have charged a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-ohio-maga-ally-in-senate-race-accused-of-disloyalty-to-trump\/\" title=\"Top Ohio MAGA Ally in Senate Race Accused of Disloyalty to Trump\">technology company executive<\/a> and two others with conspiring to violate U.S. export controls to aid China in expanding its artificial intelligence capacity. The defendants allegedly diverted hundreds of high\u2011performance AI servers assembled in the United States to Chinese customers, using false documents and staged dummy servers to mask the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-citizens-arrested-for-illegally-exporting-tech-to-russia\/\" title=\"US Citizens Arrested for Illegally ...ing Tech to Russia\">true end user<\/a>. The DOJ says nearly $2.5 billion worth of advanced AI technology,including about $510 million of U.S.-assembled servers, was sent to China between 2024 and 2025, with help from a Southeast Asian company that placed orders with the defendant\u2019s firm, supermicro. If convicted on all counts, the trio faces up to 30 years in prison per count, as the case highlights alleged schemes to evade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-to-thwart-foreign-hacking-scored-sweetheart-deal-for-uae-hacker\/\" title=\"Biden Nominee To Thwart Foreign Hacking Scored Sweetheart Deal for UAE Hacker\">export laws<\/a> through fraud and transshipment. Supermicro has said it is indeed cooperating with investigators, while the indicted individuals are reportedly on leave or severed as contractors.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A technology company executive and two other people have been charged with violating American export laws to help China boost its artificial intelligence capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Yih-Shyan &ldquo;Wally&rdquo; Liaw, Ruei-Tsang &ldquo;Steven&rdquo; Chang, and Ting-Wei &ldquo;Willy&rdquo; Sun, are charged with diverting &ldquo;high-performance computer servers assembled in the United States and integrating sophisticated U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-from-above\/\" title=\"Death From Above\">artificial intelligence technology<\/a> to China,&rdquo; according to a Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/three-charged-conspiring-unlawfully-divert-cutting-edge-us-artificial-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yih-Shyan Liaw, Ruei-Tsang Chang, and Ting-Wei Sun allegedly defrauded the United States by diverting hundreds of servers with advanced artificial intelligence capabilities to Chinese customers,&rdquo; FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle, Jr of the New York Field Office said.<\/p>\n<p>Liaw&rsquo;s company, Supermicro, sent nearly $2.5 billion worth of advanced AI technology to China, including about $510 million worth of &nbsp;servers assembled in the United States between April and May of 2025, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/tangled-web-lies-american-made-ai-servers-secretly\/story?id=131236149&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ said that Liaw and Chang working with a Southeast Asian company to place orders with Supermicro for another company.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The company that was supposedly the customer then sent the servers to China with the knowledge of the defendants.<\/p>\n<p>False documents were prepared to mask the real end user. Dummy serves that were exact replicas of functioning ones were made for inspection at the company that had forwarded the working serves to China. Surveillance cameras eventually caught workers preparing the dummy servers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >indictment unsealed today details alleged efforts<\/a> to evade U.S. export laws through false documents, staged dummy servers to mislead inspectors, and convoluted transshipment schemes, in order to obfuscate the true destination of restricted AI technology&mdash;China,&rdquo; John A. Eisenberg, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Controlling the export of sensitive U.S. artificial intelligence technology is essential to safeguarding our national security and defending the homeland,&rdquo; Roman Rozhavsky, assistant director of the FBI&rsquo;s Counterintelligence and Espionage Division, said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why combating export violations is among the FBI&rsquo;s highest priorities, and we will continue working with our law enforcement, private sector, and international partners to bring to justice all who take action to undermine U.S. national security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Diversion schemes like those disrupted today generate billions of dollars in ill-gotten gains and pose a direct threat to U.S. national security,&rdquo; U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York said, adding that the scheme was carried out &ldquo;through a tangled web of lies, obfuscation, and concealment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Liaw, 71, of Fremont, California; Chang, 53, of Taiwan; and Sun, 44, of Taiwan, were each charged with one count of conspiring to violate the Export Controls Reform Act, one count of conspiring to smuggle goods from the United States, and one count of conspiring to defraud the United States.<\/p>\n<p>If found guilty on all charges, each could face up to 30 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Supermicro, which is not named in the case, said it is cooperating fully with the government&rsquo;s investigation, according to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>The company said Liaw and Chang have been put on administrative leave and that it had severed its connection with Sun, whom it identified as a contractor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The conduct by these individuals alleged in the indictment is a contravention of the Company&rsquo;s policies and compliance controls, including efforts to circumvent applicable export control laws and regulations,&rdquo; the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Supermicro maintains a robust compliance program and is committed to full adherence to all applicable U.S. export and re-export control laws and regulations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Yih-Shyan \u201cWally\u201d Liaw, Ruei-Tsang \u201cSteven\u201d Chang, and Ting-Wei \u201cWilly\u201d Sun are accused of diverting high-performance servers and other U.S.-made AI technology to China, effectively defrauding the United States by routing hundreds of servers to Chinese customers.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment alleges Liaw and Chang worked with a Southeast Asian company to place orders with Supermicro for another entity, leading to shipments valued at about $2.5 billion, including roughly $510 million worth of servers assembled in the United States between April and May 2025. It also alleges false documentation was used to mask the true end user, and that dummy, non-functioning servers were prepared for inspection; surveillance footage reportedly showed workers preparing the dummy servers.<\/p>\n<p>If found guilty on all counts, each defendant could face up to 30 years in prison. Supermicro, not named in the case, says it is cooperating with investigators, that Liaw and Chang have been placed on administrative leave, and that Sun has been severed as a contractor. The company also says it maintains a robust compliance program and adheres to export control laws.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the Department of Justice and FBI emphasized the importance of protecting national security by enforcing export controls and pursuing those who undermine U.S. technology security<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2582152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-815.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[76238,76235,69511,76237,76236],"class_list":["post-2582151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-advanced-ai-equipment","tag-ai-export-controls","tag-china-sanctions","tag-illicit-tech-transfer","tag-tech-executive-charges"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-815.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582151"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582155,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582151\/revisions\/2582155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}