Chief financial officer of tech company charged with fraud conspiracy in case linked to Nvidia chips

Woon and Wei were first charged in February last year. They were among nine people arrested during raids by the Singapore Police Force and Singapore Customs.

CNA understands the cases are linked to the alleged movement of Nvidia chips. The raids come on the back of media reports that said intermediaries in Singapore were involved in the illegal movement of Nvidia chips to China, bypassing US export controls.

The US Commerce Department had reportedly been looking into whether DeepSeek – the Chinese company whose artificial intelligence (AI) model rocked the tech world – has been using US chips that are not allowed to be shipped to China.

Lim, who was represented by Mr Adrian Wee from Lighthouse Law, did not give an indication of how she would plead.

The prosecutor said Lim’s co-accused, Woon and Wei, are scheduled for pre-trial conferences on May 22, where the prosecution is to come back with the finalised charges against them.

“We plan to do the same for Ms Jenny in this case,” she said, asking for the case to be adjourned to the same date as the two men.

Lim’s case was adjourned to May 22 for a pre-trial conference. She is on bail of S$350,000.

The police said in a statement that Lim’s charging followed investigations by the Commercial Affairs Department into the activities of 22 individuals and companies for their suspected involvement in fraud by false representation.