Servers used in a fraud case that Singapore announced last week were supplied by U.S. firms and may have contained Nvidia's advanced chips, a government minister said on Monday.

On Thursday, Singaporean police arrested three men for allegedly smuggling Nvidia chips, Channel News Asia reported. The men, two Singaporeans and one Chinese citizen, were charged with fraud over a supply of servers.

Singapore is probing whether Dell Technologies Inc. and Super Micro Computer Inc. servers shipped to Malaysia housed Nvidia Corp. chips barred from China, an investigation that highlights the role of middlemen in funneling high-end semiconductors.

Authorities in Singapore detained three people on charges of deliberately misrepresenting the final destination of U.S.-manufactured servers.

Singapore prosecutors leveled new charges in the cases against three men suspected of defrauding suppliers of server computers potentially containing Nvidia Corp. chips subject to US export curbs.

Nvidia’s stock has taken a hit as Donald Trump’s new tariffs rattled investors. Nvidia’s stock tumbled nearly 9% on Monday, while concerns over unauthorized exports to China also rattled investors.

Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam says Singapore’s investigations were carried out independently and not requested by the US, which had placed export controls on advanced AI chips.

Singapore charged three men with fraud in a case domestic media have linked to the movement of Nvidia's advanced chips from the city state to Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek.

Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz made the pledge as he gave updates on investigations into an alleged fraud case involving servers exported from Singapore that may have contained Nvidia chips.

MALAYSIA: Malaysia denies any knowledge that data centre operators in the country are using unauthorised Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips, Trade Minist

Nvidia’s chips are primarily manufactured by TSMC in Taiwan; however, some systems and computers utilizing these chips are produced in other regions, including Mexico.

By Bing Hong Lok SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Servers used in a fraud case that Singapore announced last week were supplied by U.S. firms and may have contained Nvidia's advanced chips, a government minister said on Monday.