Singaporean authorities seized Alice Huang’s passport in June 2025, preventing her from leaving the country for eight months, while seeking American assistance in investigating the alleged transfer of advanced US-made Nvidia chips to China. However, US media reports indicate that Washington provided limited cooperation.
Singapore had approached American authorities for support in examining the suspected movement of advanced Nvidia technology to China. The issue has attracted renewed attention following reports about an alleged extramarital relationship involving former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Alice Huang, alongside concerns about possible espionage.
A source familiar with the investigation told CBS News on Friday that Singapore received little meaningful assistance from the United States while Alice Huang remained in the country.
The source said American officials had failed to respond adequately to requests for cooperation and had not provided any significant support to the investigation so far.
In a statement released earlier this week, Singapore’s government confirmed that it had formally sought assistance from both the US Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Several media reports have also described Alice Huang as an alleged Chinese intelligence operative. She has been linked to an affair controversy that reportedly contributed to Jensen Huang’s departure from the company he had led for more than three decades.
According to a source cited by CBS News, Singaporean authorities began investigating Alice Huang and her former company, Megaspeed, in February 2025. The inquiry focused on suspicions that Megaspeed had worked with California-based Supermicro to export computer servers containing advanced Nvidia processors to China.
The source said Alice Huang travelled to Singapore in June 2025 to voluntarily meet investigators from the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
The agency, which operates under the US Department of Commerce, is responsible for regulating exports of sensitive technologies and products on national security and economic grounds.
Singaporean police questioned Huang on the same day as the American investigators before taking possession of her passport. She is a Chinese national who had travelled to Singapore from an undisclosed location.
By February 2026, Singaporean authorities had not brought criminal charges against her and were therefore required to return her passport, the source said.
Despite this, officials permanently barred her from entering Singapore again after concluding that she had supplied inaccurate information in an apparent effort to downplay her involvement with Megaspeed, according to the ministry.
The government’s statement was issued four days after Nvidia founder Jensen Huang publicly acknowledged having an extramarital relationship with a woman whom sources identified to CBS News as Alice Huang.
The investigation has primarily examined whether Alice Huang, who previously led Megaspeed, breached Singaporean laws by allegedly providing misleading information about the company’s purchases of computer servers from Supermicro, a technology firm based in San Jose, California.
These servers contain advanced Nvidia processors that support artificial intelligence systems, data centres and cloud computing infrastructure.
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