The two Singaporean men and one Chinese national involved were offered bail of between S$600,000 and S$1 million.
The three men were among nine people arrested during raids by Singapore authorities in February, after media reports stated that intermediaries in the country were involved in the illegal movement of Nvidia chips to China, bypassing US export controls. The prosecution on Thursday revealed the sum related to the cases of Aaron Woon Guo Jie, 41, Alan Wei Zhaolun, 48, and Chinese national Li Ming, 51.
Li is said to have committed fraud on Super Micro and accessed a corporate bank account without authorisation to make and receive transfers for company Luxuriate Your Life. The amount in his alleged offences is around US$140 million, said the prosecution during a further mention of the cases. With the exclusion, Li will not be able to visit immigration points such as Changi Airport, as well as the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints.
Wei's lawyer Shashi Nathan said he had not heard the basis for the high bail amount. In contrast to Li, who was a Chinese national, Mr Shashi said his client was a Singaporean with family here."The case has some sensitivity and publicity but other than the fact that it has those two ingredients, shouldn't be a reason for bail to be at such a high amount," Mr Shashi said.
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