Overview
- Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, named Bangkok-based OBON as the intermediary in the Super Micro case and said some servers allegedly reached Alibaba.
- Reuters said it could not verify the report and noted that Alibaba said it has no ties to Super Micro, OBON, or any brokers named in the indictment.
- In March, U.S. prosecutors charged a Super Micro co-founder, a sales manager, and a contractor with routing U.S.-made servers through Taiwan and Southeast Asia for covert shipment into China.
- Prosecutors allege at least $2.5 billion in U.S. AI hardware was diverted, including more than $500 million moved between April and mid-May 2025.
- Benzinga reported that Super Micro paused shipments to the flagged buyer after internal audits and that the Commerce Department later requested a hold on all sales to that company.