The Keelung District Court is hearing nine people including Chen Minyan, general manager of Feihu Technology Company, regarding the resale of Supermicro AI servers loaded with Huida B300 chips to China. The trial opened for the first time this morning, and six people including Zhang Denglong, Huida's senior manager in Taiwan, were summoned to the court.
[Reporter Lin Jiadong/Reported by Keelung] The Keelung District Court heard nine people including Chen Minyan, general manager of Feihu Technology Company, regarding the resale of Super Micro AI servers loaded with Huida B300 chips to China. The court opened for the first time today (16th) for preparation procedures. Zhang Denglong, the senior manager of Huida's Taiwan branch who was accused of breach of trust and other crimes, complained that the prosecutors had charged him with breach of trust, forgery of documents and other crimes, and they had a huge misunderstanding of the content of his position in the company. He was only responsible for transactions that were potentially unconfirmed at the beginning. As for whether the order was finally completed and whether it would be shipped in the future, it still needs to go through legal compliance procedures and the decision of the top management of Huida's US headquarters. There are certain procedures to be completed, and he does not have the final say alone.
The presiding judge Zeng Shuting held the first court session at 9:30 this morning for preparatory procedures, summoning Zhang Denglong, Wang Kaiping and six others to the court. Zeng Shuting asked Zhang Denglong whether Huida had reviewed the "white list" mentioned in the indictment before starting the subsequent resale of Huida B300 chips for profit? Zhang Denglong replied that he had never heard of the "white list" and that he was only responsible for establishing partner order demand forecasts in Taiwan. Zeng Shuting asked again, and the prosecutor concluded: "You were involved in the case because of performance pressure."
Zhang’s appointed lawyer stated that Huida is a global company, and Zhang is only responsible for establishing partner order demand forecasts. As for whether the Supermicro order can be established, it needs to be completed after Supermicro USA and Huida America have completed the legal compliance procedures, and only after discussions with Huida’s senior management in the United States can the order be completed. Moreover, this performance belongs to the global group and does not count Zhang’s personal performance. Furthermore, Huida’s evaluation of employee performance is not based solely on the number of orders completed, but also takes into account other considerations.
The person in charge of Feihu Company, surnamed Chen (under arrest), is accused of having obtained the "white list" approved by Huida. In February last year, he instructed general manager Chen Minyan, colluded with Huida Taiwan Branch Manager Zhang Denglong, Supermicro Taiwan subsidiary associate managers Lin Changchun and Wang Xiangyi, and dealer Qingyun Company General Manager Lu Yangkai, etc., to jointly plan to purchase the flagship AI server B300, bring it to Taiwan and resell it in three batches in China, making illegal profits of more than NT$600 million.
The prosecutor found that eight people including Chen Minyan were involved in breach of trust and forgery of documents. Among them, Zhang Denglong, Lin Changchun, Wang Xiangyi and Wang Kaiping sought a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison; Chen and Cai sought a sentence of 3 years in prison. In addition, Lin Changchun, Lu Yangkai, and He Zonglun, the head of United Quintiles, used fake invoices to pocket nearly 40 million from Qingyun Company, and were prosecuted for special breach of trust. Among them, Lin was specifically sentenced to six years in prison, and all the illegal gains of the nine people were confiscated.
