SINGAPORE, March 6 - Singapore authorities added fresh

charges on Thursday against three men charged with server fraud,

court documents showed, in a case that has drawn international

attention for possible infringement of export controls.

The case is part of a wider police investigation of 22

individuals and companies suspected of false representation,

amid concerns that organised AI chip smuggling to China has been

tracked out of nations such as Singapore.

Officials in the wealthy city state have said the servers

may contain Nvidia chips, but stopped short of saying

if they are subject to U.S. export controls.

The United States is investigating if DeepSeek, the Chinese

company whose AI model's performance rocked the tech world in

January, has been using U.S. chips that are not allowed to be

shipped to China, Reuters reported.

Two suspects, Aaron Woon, 41, and Alan Wei, 49, face one

more charge each for conspiring to commit fraud on tech firm

Super Micro in 2024 in Singapore.

They made "false representation that the items would not be

transferred to a person other than the authorised ultimate

consignee of end users", police said in the charge sheets.

Reuters could not immediately trace contact details for

their lawyers.

Authorities also amended earlier charges, dating from late

in February, to include that they conspired to commit fraud on

tech firm Dell, also making false representations on

where the items would end up.

Singapore has said the servers made their way to Malaysia

and Malaysia is investigating if its laws were breached.

A third suspect in the investigation, Chinese national Li

Ming, 51, who was also charged in February, is set to appear in

court on Thursday.

Phones, computers and laptops are among 42 devices seized by

police that are being examined by forensic experts, with

investigations in a preliminary stage, prosecutors said in

court on Thursday.

Police, who sought bank statements to trace the movement of

funds, will also seek the help of foreign law enforcement

bodies, prosecutors added.