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Law enforcement officials discovered that the suspects were involved in purchasing high-end computing equipment—such as GPUs and other hardware used to accelerate AI processing—from a contact in Alabama, Brian Raymond. These components, including supercomputers showcased by Nvidia and used for AI training and inference, are subject to strict export laws. instead of lawful transactions, Hoe and Chang allegedly sent these valuable pieces to front companies in Malaysia and Thailand, ultimately aiming to export them to China.