Alleged Super Micro–Nvidia smuggling case wipes out billions in Super Micro’s value

CNBC said Chang worked to stop auditors from inspecting parts of data centres where the Southeast Asian company was supposedly keeping servers that had already gone to China, and arranged for an auditor he called “friendly” to do the review.  

The Wall Street Journal reported that executives including Liaw discussed bringing in about 100 people, including forklift operators, and arranging meals and a 20‑person shuttle bus to help stage dummy servers before auditors visited.  

Liaw co‑founded Super Micro in 1993, sat on its board and served as senior vice‑president of business development, and controlled US$464m of Super Micro shares, according to Reuters. 

Chang was a sales manager in Taiwan and Sun was a contractor. 

The Justice Department said Liaw, a US citizen originally from Taiwan, and Sun, a citizen of Taiwan, were arrested Thursday and will be presented in the Northern District of California, while Chang, also a citizen of Taiwan, remains a fugitive.