SINGAPORE — Singapore seized the passport of Alice Huang in 2025 while investigating the Chinese businesswoman, who is at the heart of the scandal that brought down Nvidia’s CEO, and received “limited” help from the US in its probe into AI chip deals, its home affairs ministry said on Thursday.
Nvidia said on Thursday co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang had resigned, following reports the 63-year-old had two extramarital affairs, including one with Alice Huang, whom US authorities suspect of spying for Beijing.
Singapore’s home affairs ministry said the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) carried out a shipment verification check at Singapore-based Nvidia customer Megaspeed in June 2025, with its then-CEO Alice Huang present.
It was the first time Singapore learned of Washington’s interest in Megaspeed and Ms. Huang, and the police interviewed her and impounded her passport on the same day, the ministry said.
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