Super Micro shares fall 8% after co-founder is charged in $2.5 billion AI server export case

Super Micro shares fell about 8% after the U.S. indictment of three people tied to the company became public. The company itself was not named in the charges, and it had already said it had placed two employees on leave and ended its relationship with a contractor.

• Shares fell about 8% after the news
• Trigger: indictment of co-founder Wally Liaw and two others over about $2.5 billion of diverted AI servers
• Super Micro is not a named defendant