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Supermicro Co-Founder Charged Over $2.5B China Server Deal

5/6/2026

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U.S. Attorney’s Office indicted Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw on March 2026 for routing $2.5 billion of servers with Nvidia GPUs through a front to Chinese buyers.
Liaw resigned March 19 2026, pleaded not guilty and was placed on leave with two staff.
Scott Angel and Tally Liu hired Munger, Tolles & Olson and AlixPartners to audit emails and IT systems.
Supermicro shares fell 60 percent in the six months before the indictment.

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Story summary

U.S. Attorney’s Office indicted Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw on March 2026 for routing $2.5 billion of servers with Nvidia GPUs through a front to Chinese buyers.
Liaw resigned March 19 2026, pleaded not guilty and was placed on leave with two staff.
Scott Angel and Tally Liu hired Munger, Tolles & Olson and AlixPartners to audit emails and IT systems.
Supermicro shares fell 60 percent in the six months before the indictment.