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US media alleged that Huang Le used his connections with Huang Renxun and his corporate network to help flow at least US$7.5 billion and approximately 240,000 controlled Huida chips into China. The series related to the case extends to many countries.
The American technology media “The Information” on the 10th quoted two sources as saying that they had a conversation with Nvidia CEOJen-Hsun Huang Having extramarital affairs and being suspected of being from Chinadetective Huang Le used his close relationships and family-related business networks to help export at least US$7.5 billion worth of Huida chips to China, of which about 240,000 chips were subject to US export controls. According to reports by the New York Post and Chosun Ilbo, the companies involved are based in China, Singapore and Malaysia. Huang Le.
The parent of this corporate network is the Chinese company Shanghai Century Litong. The Information News cited corporate registration information and reported that when Century Litong was established in June 2023, one of the founding shareholder companies was ultimately controlled by Huang Le’s sister Huang Yu (temporary translation). Century Litong obtained Huida’s “Preferred Cloud Partner” status four months after its establishment, and the shareholder company controlled by Huang Yu was withdrawn in 2024.
At the time, Washington was tightening restrictions on the export of advanced AI processors to China. Huida chips are typically supplied through server manufacturers and dealers. Companies that qualify as “Preferred Cloud Partners” must have the technical capabilities to operate Huida equipment and meet certain sales levels. They can enjoy benefits when they get Huida hardware through dealers.
When orders were blocked due to U.S. export controls, or when supply chains struggled to obtain supplies, Huang Le stepped in and used his connections within Huida and distributors to facilitate orders, the sources said. The controlled chips it helped supply to China included the H100, H200 and A100 models, Information Daily reported.
Kang Wei, founder of Chinese private equity fund Hexi Capital, is also said to be involved in this corporate network. Huang Le has served as the deputy general manager of Hexi Capital since 2015. In 2025, when Congwei and Huang Le jointly raised funds for the Southeast Asia data center project, they claimed stable access to HUDA graphics processors (GPUs). Huang Le introduced Kang Wei as her husband at that time, but it has not been confirmed whether the two are legally married or not.
The foreign purchase window of this corporate network is said to be Singapore company Megaspeed. Huang Le served as managing director of the company from March to November 2023. At that time, Megaspeed was owned by “Huang Le Company Limited”. Located in the British Virgin Islands and named after the Chinese name of Huang Le. In November of the same year, the owner was changed to Singapore company Swiftdata. At present it is not clear whether ownership and control relations are still the same as before.
The New York Post reported that from 2023 to November 2025, MegaSpeed imported at least US$4.6 billion worth of Huida equipment, according to customs records cited by Bloomberg News. The Information Daily reported that some of the equipment was deployed in Southeast Asia, and Century Litong received other batches of shipments and received additional processors from various suppliers. Some of the chips obtained by Century Litong later flowed into data centers that provide computing power to Alibaba, Tencent and smaller Chinese AI developers.
According to information reports cited by the New York Post and Chosun Ilbo, Huang Le and Huang Renxun have known each other since at least 2023, but the report failed to determine when the two first met, and did not provide evidence that Huang Renxun knowingly participated in violations of US export controls. People familiar with the matter said that Huang Le showed photos with Huang Renxun to business partners to enhance his credibility, and also showed that Huang Renxun would have dinner with him or give him gifts on his birthday every year. However, she was vague about her specific duties and cautious about signing documents or leaving her name.
Century Litong denied any business dealings with Huang Le and told Information News that the company obtained Huida partner status “through professional capabilities and compliance channels”. Huida defended its chip sales monitoring mechanism and said it expects distributors and other business partners to comply with US export restrictions. A HUIDA spokesperson said, “Our due diligence helped uncover the alleged manipulation of US export controls and led to a federal criminal prosecution.”
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The report said Huang Le used his close relationship with Huang Renxun, family business and personal networks to help export a large number of Huida chips subject to US export controls to China, with a total value of at least US$7.5 billion.
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The text states that the company’s network is distributed across China, Singapore and Malaysia, and the overseas purchase window is suspected to be Singapore’s MegaSpeed. Some equipment then flows to Chinese data centers and Southeast Asia deployment points.
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Century Litong denied having business dealings with Huang Le, insisting that it obtained partner status through compliance channels; HUIDA said it detected suspected irregularities in export controls through due diligence.
