SINGAPORE, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Singapore has charged a fifth person in a case involving the alleged false representation of the end users of AI servers purchased from Dell, Super Micro Computer and Asustek Computer.
• The case involves Aperia International allegedly making false representations when purchasing the servers, which the home affairs minister said may have contained AI chips from US firm Nvidia
• Prosecutors allege the fifth individual, 34-year-old Singaporean Shi Bingzhe, bought servers from Aperia, whose parent Aperia Group is also under investigation
• Shi is charged with 41 offences, including benefiting from criminal conduct, showed charge sheets dated November 10
• Officers of Aperia Group as well as of another company, Luxuriate Your Life, were charged in July with fraud, fraudulent trading and money laundering
• Reuters could not reach the parties involved for comment
• The US has banned the export of high-end Nvidia chips to China on security grounds
(Reporting by Jun Yuan Yong; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
