Nvidia and Jensen Huang sued in US over affair with alleged Chinese spy

California lawsuit comes as Donald Trump says FBI is investigating tech CEO’s links with Alice Huang

Nvidia and its chief executive, Jensen Huang, have been accused of misleading shareholders in a lawsuit over the Chinese spying scandal engulfing the $4.3tn (£3.2tn) company.

The legal action came as Donald Trump said the FBI was investigating Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy.

According to a complaint filed in federal court in California, Nvidia and Huang misled shareholders in connection with the executive’s alleged affair with Alice Huang, a former executive of Singapore-based ⁠Megaspeed, who is not related to him.

The lawsuit claims both parties did not disclose that the matter raised national security concerns that threatened the chipmaker’s reputation and business prospects.