# U.S. Probe Targets Alleged AI Chip Diversion Network.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-08 · Benzinga*

## Key points

- OBON Corp. in Bangkok was identified as the unnamed company in the U.S. indictment.
- Some of the $2.5 billion in servers sold to OBON allegedly ended up with Alibaba.
- Super Micro paused shipments to a company after internal audits flagged suspicious sales activity.
- NVIDIA B300 server prices in China have nearly doubled to around $1 million per unit.
- Chinese AI models accounted for 32% of global token usage in March 2026, up from 5%.

**Companies:** NVIDIA, Alibaba, Super Micro, OBON Corp.
**Countries:** United States, China, Thailand

[Read the full story on Benzinga](https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/26/05/52402122/super-micro-nvidia-chips-and-alibaba-inside-the-explosive-ai-smuggling-allegations)

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