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Officials in Washington are reportedly scrutinizing chip shipments to Singapore following the recent success of Chinese startup DeepSeek.

Singapore charged three men with fraud in a case domestic media have linked to the movement of Nvidia's advanced chips from the city state to Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek.

Accused face up to 20 years in prison The authorities in Singapore have charged three men with fraud, reportedly in connection with the shipment of Nvidia GPUs into China in violation of US export controls.

Three men were charged with fraud in Singapore on Thursday following raids linked to the alleged illegal movement of Nvidia chips to China, bypassing U.S. export controls. The men were among nine people arrested when Singapore authorities raided 22 locations on Wednesday.

Singapore has charged three men with fraud in a case linked to the alleged movement of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) AI chips to Chinas DeepSeek. The U.S. is investigating whether DeepSeek, which gained attention in January

The suspects are accused of misrepresenting the actual end-user of the hardware, highlighting intermediaries’ role in global chip distribution.