Federal authorities arrested an East Bay man over an alleged scheme to evade national security-related technology export controls and send powerful, highly sought after computer chips made by Santa Clara company Nvidia to China.

Chinese citizen Cham Li, 38, also known as “Tony Li,” of San Leandro, conspired with two U.S. citizens and another Chinese national to falsify paperwork, make fake contracts, and mislead the American government, as they illegally shipped hundreds of the computer processors to China via Malaysia, and sought to send others via Thailand, the U.S. Department of Justice claimed this week.

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Li could not be reached for comment. The Justice Department did not respond to questions about whether he was kept in custody after his arrest Nov. 19. His three al

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