Two Chinese nationals and two U.S. citizens have been arrested for allegedly illegally exporting cutting-edge artificial intelligence applications from their Tampa operations to the People’s Republic of China.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced the arrests on Friday in a release that states the four men have been charged with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act, smuggling and conspiracy to commit money laundering after illegally exporting NVIDIA graphics processing units to the Communist government in China. That sophisticated computer equipment possesses advanced artificial intelligence capabilities and is often used by the military for surveillance, cybersecurity and communications and deployment systems, the release states.
Those arrested include Hon Ning “Matthew” Ho, 34, Brian Curtis Raymond, 46, Cham “Tony” Li, 38, and Jing “Harry” Chen, 45…