Ousted Nvidia boss Jensen Huang’s mistress and suspected Chinese spy Alice Huang is being investigated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) over another alleged smuggling operation, it has been revealed.
Federal prosecutors in the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan are investigating whether Alice, 49, was involved in sneaking products made by Super Micro Computer – another Nvidia partner and supplier – into China, sources told Bloomberg News.
The probe is in addition to another DOJ investigation into Alice’s former company, Megaspeed International, over suspected chip smuggling. Megaspeed has denied any wrongdoing.
It’s not the first time Super Micro has been ensnared by smuggling accusations.
In March, co-founder Wally Liaw was charged over an alleged scheme to funnel Nvidia-powered servers to China through a Bangkok company.
Liaw — who is no longer with the company — pleaded not guilty.
Super Micro wasn’t charged and is reportedly cooperating with the investigation, Bloomberg reported.
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Megaspeed, meanwhile, has been accused of funneling advanced Nvidia chips to mainland China in violation of US export controls, a charge the company denies.
The rapidly developing scandal broke – and sent Nvidia stocks tumbling – after Jensen, 63, confessed to cheating on his wife of four decades on Sunday.
On Thursday, the New York Times reported Jensen had a second extramarital affair with his subordinate, Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of health care.
The father-of-two resigned as CEO of the multi-trillion-dollar tech company on Thursday.
Hours later, a third extramarital affair with yet another Nvidia employee came to light.
The employee has not been identified.
Bloomberg reported that Jensen is not a target of federal probes; however, the DOJ is conducting a parallel espionage investigation that includes looking at Alice’s relationship with Jensen, a source familiar with the effort told the outlet.
Alice is reportedly living in Beijing and couldn’t be reached for comment by Bloomberg. China has dismissed the spy claims as a “smear.”
On Thursday, authorities revealed that the alleged Chinese spy was banned from Singapore over her company’s shady dealings.
Singapore Police Force announced that it found insufficient evidence to prosecute the former Megaspeed executive, who was a Hong Kong resident at the time, according to Singapore’s Home Affairs Ministry.
However, Alice was given a stern warning for lying to the Singapore Police Force, with authorities finding she provided inaccurate information to minimize her role at Megaspeed during the investigation.
Authorities returned her passport on Feb. 26 after the investigation had concluded and barred her from re-entering the country.
She left the same day.
On Wednesday, it was revealed Taiwan had also banned the former executive from entering the country.
The island’s immigration agency revealed she had previously entered using a Hong Kong passport.
