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Three in server fraud case each given additional charge

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Servers bought from Dell and Super Micro sent to Malaysia

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Singapore, Singapore has said

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Malaysia is investigating

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Case complex and involves different jurisdictions - lawyer

(Recasts story, adds lawyer's comment)

SINGAPORE, March 6 (Reuters) - Singapore authorities

added further charges on Thursday against three men remanded in

a case that is part of a wider police investigation into server

fraud that may contain AI chips, court documents showed.

The men were charged with committing fraud against Dell

and Super Micro by falsely representing where

the servers they bought would end up.

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.

Officials in the 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 case is part of a wider police investigation in

Singapore of 22 individuals and companies suspected of false

representation.

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.

Singapore has said the servers made their way to Malaysia

and Malaysia is investigating if its laws were breached.

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.

Authorities also amended earlier charges, dating from late

in February, to include that they conspired to commit fraud

against tech firm Dell in 2024.

A third suspect in the investigation, Chinese national Li

Ming, 51, who was also charged in February, had his earlier

charge amended to include that he defrauded Super Micro in 2023.

Wei's lawyer Shashi Nathan from Withers KhattarWong said the

matter was complex as it involves different jurisdictions and it

was too early for his client to consider a plea.

Woon's lawyer declined to comment and Li's lawyer did not

immediately respond to a request for comment.

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.