The charges come as the United States cracks down on exports of advanced semiconductors to China, seeking to retain a competitive edge over the technology.
They were among nine individuals arrested in raids across Singapore on Wednesday, police and the customs agency said in a joint statement.
Local broadcaster CNA said it “understands the cases are linked to the alleged movement of Nvidia chips from Singapore to be used by Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek”.
Neither outlet detailed the alleged ties to the US chipmaker.
Bloomberg News reported in late January that US officials were probing whether DeepSeek bought advanced Nvidia semiconductors through third parties in Singapore, skirting Washington’s restrictions on sales of chips used for AI functions to China.
‘Maintain business integrity’
A third individual, Chinese national Li Ming, 51, was charged with committing fraud by false representation.
The charge sheets did not mention Nvidia chips, DeepSeek or China.
“If a company in Singapore is engaged in deceptive or dishonest practices to evade export controls that it is subject to, we will investigate and we will take the appropriate action in accordance with Singapore laws,“ he said.
The US commerce department in January placed 25 China-based entities, alongside two Singapore ones, on a trade blacklist.
Among those impacted was Sophgo Technologies, which was said to have been involved in Chinese firm Huawei accessing chips from Taiwanese giant TSMC.
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