Federal prosecutors charged San Gabriel tech owner Greg Lui in a $300 million China GPU export case.

An indictment and an arrest are accusations. They are not a conviction. The Justice Department said the counts are conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act and Export Administration Regulations, outbound smuggling, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Statutory maximums the department listed are ceilings, not a sentence.

The Justice Department said Lui owns Earthmade Computer Inc., a City of Industry technology company. Prosecutors allege that from 2023 to 2024, Lui and co-conspirators used Earthmade to buy export-controlled high-end computer servers containing U.S.-manufactured GPUs and ship them without required Commerce Department licenses. The department said the servers went first to countries such as Malaysia and Singapore, then were re-exported to China. Those are charging allegations. They are not findings of guilt.

According to the indictment summary, Earthmade received more than $176 million from two Malaysia-based shipment companies between January and October 2024 as part of the alleged scheme. Prosecutors cite a January 2024 purchase order for 27 servers for about $7.6 million shipped from Los Angeles to Kuala Lumpur, and a later email saying those servers were transshipped to a China-based buyer. Document summaries in a press release are the government's case outline. They still have to be proved.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli for the Central District of California said Lui allegedly used false paperwork and third-country shipments. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg framed the case around protecting U.S. Super Intelligence chip advantages. MyNewsLA reported Lui was expected to make an initial appearance and arraignment in downtown Los Angeles federal court. An appearance is process. Lui is presumed innocent unless proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.