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SINGAPORE, Nov 12:\u00a0 Alice Huang, the alleged Chinese spy at the heart of the scandal that brought down Nvidia\u2019s \u200bCEO, left Singapore in February and was barred from re-entering after an \u200cinvestigation into possible offences, the country\u2019s home affairs ministry said on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n The US chip giant said on Thursday that Jensen Huang, its co-founder and chief executive, was stepping down, following reports the 63-year-old had \u200btwo extramarital affairs, including one with Alice Huang, who US authorities suspect of \u200bspying for Beijing.<\/p>\n The ministry said Alice Huang, a former executive at Nvidia \u2060customer Megaspeed, was investigated for possible offences including buying servers that were exported via \u200bSingapore to Malaysia without entering the Singapore market.<\/p>\n She was investigated \u201cfor suspected involvement in the possible \u200boffences in Singapore, given her position as then-CEO, Chairperson, and one of the key controllers of Megaspeed,\u201d the ministry said in a statement. It said the investigation did not concern espionage.<\/p>\n The ministry said \u200bthere was insufficient evidence to establish that Alice Huang had committed any offences, but \u200bit said she had provided police with \u201cinformation, which she knew to be inaccurate\u201d during the investigation and \u200chad \u2060downplayed her role in Megaspeed, a cloud computing firm.<\/p>\n She was issued a stern warning and barred from re-entering the country, it said.<\/p>\n Alice Huang could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n She is currently living in Beijing with the knowledge of security officials, Bloomberg News reported, citing \u200bpeople familiar with the \u200bmatter.<\/p>\n The ministry said \u2060investigations into Megaspeed and six individuals were ongoing. Singapore \u2060police said in October 2025 that they were investigating Megaspeed over \u201csuspected breaches of our domestic laws\u201d. That came after a senator in the United States requested the US Commerce Department \u2060investigate whether \u200bMegaspeed had diverted Nvidia chips.<\/p>\n Megaspeed said on Thursday it takes \u200bcompliance obligations under US export control laws \u201cextremely seriously\u201d, adding that it has cooperated with US inspections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
It said the city-state would \u201cnot allow companies or individuals to misuse Singapore\u2019s business environment to engage \u200bin fraud or dishonest practices,\u201d and would cooperate with foreign authorities \u200bwhere appropriate.<\/p>\n