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China Arrests Men for RTX 5080-to-3060 GPU Swap Scheme

8/19/2026

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Two men were arrested on July 20 in China for swapping Nvidia RTX 5080 GPUs for RTX 3060 cards in hotel rooms.
Police said the suspects swapped the RTX 5080s for lower-power cards to resell them at about half market value.
The suspects admitted the same swap occurred in four other hotels before July 18.
Authorities reported a loss of 80,000 Yuan (about $12,000) and seized two stolen GPUs.

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Two men were arrested on July 20 in China for swapping Nvidia RTX 5080 GPUs for RTX 3060 cards in hotel rooms.
Police said the suspects swapped the RTX 5080s for lower-power cards to resell them at about half market value.
The suspects admitted the same swap occurred in four other hotels before July 18.
Authorities reported a loss of 80,000 Yuan (about $12,000) and seized two stolen GPUs.