India, Nov. 12 -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's alleged links to a Chinese business executive suspected of working for Beijing's intelligence service were flagged by short seller Culper Research months before the chipmaker launched an investigation into the matter.

Christian Lamarco, founder of New York-based Culper Research, published a 40-page report on May 13. It raised questions about Huang's association with Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, a former television reporter and financial industry executive who was a senior executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed International.

US intelligence agencies suspect Alice Huang of being an asset of China's Ministry of State Security. Nvidia has launched an independent investigation into allegat...