2 suspected of bilking fugitive out of 20m yuan
7 years, 8 months ago

2 suspected of bilking fugitive out of 20m yuan

China Daily  

China's most-wanted fugitive Guo Wengui was cheated out of 20 million yuan by two fraudsters, one of them pretending to be a relative of senior officials and posing as a senior military officer, police said. After claiming to have a connection with senior officials, Zhao was offered 20 million yuan in exchange for helping to free one of Guo's secretaries, surnamed Yang, who had been placed under residential surveillance. According to police, Song said: "The true intention of Guo is to find people to help him reach high-level officials to look into the possibility of his return to China. In a WhatsApp message to Song, Guo said: "I'm sure that Zhao was telling an out-and-out lie that he had connection with senior officials.

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More fraud suspects to be repatriated to China: Spokesman
1 month ago

More fraud suspects to be repatriated to China: Spokesman

China Daily  

BEIJING - Many more fraud suspects are expected to be repatriated to China in batches after the repatriation of the first group of 200 Chinese suspects on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Friday. According to reports, the 200 fraud suspects returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in …

Former senior official of Guangxi sentenced to 13 years
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Former senior official of Guangxi sentenced to 13 years

China Daily  

A former senior official in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region was sentenced to 13 years in prison for bribery on Wednesday, according to the Intermediate People's Court of Changde city in Hunan province. Zhang Xiulong, former vice-chairman of the standing committee of the People's Congress of Guangxi, was convicted of accepting bribes totaling more than 41.19 million yuan. According to …

Former XPCC senior official sentenced to 14 years in prison
3 months ago

Former XPCC senior official sentenced to 14 years in prison

China Daily  

Jiao Xiaoping, former deputy commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the crime of taking bribery of more than 67.43 million yuan, a court in Chongqing announced on Monday. Jiao, who is also a former standing committee member of the Communist Party of China committee of the corps, was also fined …

Former XPCC senior official sentenced to 14 years in prison
3 months ago

Former XPCC senior official sentenced to 14 years in prison

China Daily  

Jiao Xiaoping, former deputy commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the crime of taking bribery of more than 67.43 million yuan, a court in Chongqing announced on Monday. Jiao, who is also a former standing committee member of the Communist Party of China committee of the corps, was also fined …

Chen Xin, Zhaohe Ge and Te Putu Hawkings jailed for kidnapping and torturing Chinese man during multi-million-dollar extortion bid
3 months, 1 week ago

Chen Xin, Zhaohe Ge and Te Putu Hawkings jailed for kidnapping and torturing Chinese man during multi-million-dollar extortion bid

ABC  

Three men who kidnapped, tortured and tried to extort millions of dollars from a Chinese businessman have been jailed, with a WA judge describing their crime as "hardly the work of criminal masterminds". Throughout the ordeal, the man was made to repeatedly contact a family member to demand that up to $3 million be transferred into an account linked to …

Former senior Xizang legislator given 13-year sentence for bribery
3 months, 1 week ago

Former senior Xizang legislator given 13-year sentence for bribery

China Daily  

The Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu in Southwest China's Sichuan province sentenced Ji Guogang, a former senior legislator of the Xizang autonomous region, to a 13-year prison term on Wednesday after convicting him of multiple bribery charges. Ji, who served as the former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Xizang Autonomous Regional People's Congress, was fined 3 million …

Ex-Bank of China chairman sentenced to death for accepting $16.8 million in bribes
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-Bank of China chairman sentenced to death for accepting $16.8 million in bribes

India Today  

The former chairman of the Bank of China, Liu Liange, was on Tuesday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption and illegal issuance of loans. He was found to have accepted bribes worth over 121 million yuan, a court in Jinan city in China's eastern Shandong Province said in its verdict. The court found that Liu had taken …

Former Guangdong legislator sentenced
4 months, 1 week ago

Former Guangdong legislator sentenced

China Daily  

Chen Jixing, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Tuesday for illegally accepting money and property worth over 278 million yuan. Chen, 70, was also deprived of political rights for life and had all his personal property confiscated during a trial at the Guilin Intermediate People’s …

Former Guangdong legislator sentenced
4 months, 1 week ago

Former Guangdong legislator sentenced

China Daily  

Chen Jixing, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Tuesday for illegally accepting money and property worth over 278 million yuan. Chen, 70, was also deprived of political rights for life and had all his personal property confiscated during a trial at the Guilin Intermediate People’s …

China condemns 2 ex-Xinjiang officials on separatism charges
3 years, 11 months ago

China condemns 2 ex-Xinjiang officials on separatism charges

The Independent  

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Shanghai police say suspect detained in games tycoon's death
4 years, 2 months ago

Shanghai police say suspect detained in games tycoon's death

The Independent  

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124 arrested for fraud in northeast China
7 years, 6 months ago

124 arrested for fraud in northeast China

China Daily  

CHANGCHUN - A total of 124 people in connection with more than 280 Internet and telecom fraud cases were apprehended in northeast China's Jilin Province, local police said Tuesday. Police started investigating in May, when a resident in Liaoyuan City claimed she had lost more than 540,000 yuan of investment in an online company in Shaanxi Province. Police went to …

Former executives of fugitive Guo sentenced, company fined
7 years, 7 months ago

Former executives of fugitive Guo sentenced, company fined

China Daily  

Three former executives of fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui were convicted of fraudulently obtaining loans and bill acceptance on Friday and two of them were sentenced, a court in Henan province said. Zhang Xincheng, former financial director of Henan Yuda Real Estate Co, controlled by Guo, was sentenced to two years in prison, while Guo Lijie, the company's former deputy …

Former executives of fugitive Guo sentenced, company fined
7 years, 7 months ago

Former executives of fugitive Guo sentenced, company fined

China Daily  

Three former executives of fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui were convicted of fraudulently obtaining loans and bill acceptance on Friday and two of them were sentenced, a court in Henan province said. Zhang Xincheng, former financial director of Henan Yuda Real Estate Co, controlled by Guo, was sentenced to two years in prison, while Guo Lijie, the company's former deputy …

Guo Wengui's company on trial for fraudulently obtaining loans
7 years, 8 months ago

Guo Wengui's company on trial for fraudulently obtaining loans

China Daily  

KAIFENG, Henan -- A trial opened Wednesday in Central China's Henan province on the suspected crimes of Henan Yuda Real Estate Company and three of its employees. The "actual controlling shareholder" of the company, Guo Wengui, fled China under suspicion of multiple crimes in August 2014 and is currently listed under an Interpol "red notice" for wanted fugitives. The procuratorate …

Ex-executives of billionaire Guo Wengui go on trial
7 years, 8 months ago

Ex-executives of billionaire Guo Wengui go on trial

China Daily  

A court in Kaifeng, Central China's Henan province, started the public hearing of a case on Wednesday morning, in which three former executives of fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui allegedly defrauded loans and bill acceptances. Prosecutors accused the three, who worked for Henan Yuda Real Estate Company, controlled by Guo, of fraudulently obtaining loans and bill acceptances more than 40 …

Ex-executives of billionaire Guo Wengui go on trial
7 years, 8 months ago

Ex-executives of billionaire Guo Wengui go on trial

China Daily  

A court in Kaifeng, Central China's Henan province, started the public hearing of a case on Wednesday morning, in which three former executives of fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui allegedly defrauded loans and bill acceptances. Prosecutors accused the three, who worked for Henan Yuda Real Estate Company, controlled by Guo, of fraudulently obtaining loans and bill acceptances more than 40 …

Guo Wengui's company on trial for fraudulently obtaining loans
7 years, 8 months ago

Guo Wengui's company on trial for fraudulently obtaining loans

China Daily  

KAIFENG, Henan -- A trial opened Wednesday in Central China's Henan province on the suspected crimes of Henan Yuda Real Estate Company and three of its employees. The "actual controlling shareholder" of the company, Guo Wengui, fled China under suspicion of multiple crimes in August 2014 and is currently listed under an Interpol "red notice" for wanted fugitives. The procuratorate …

2 suspected of bilking fugitive out of 20m yuan
7 years, 8 months ago

2 suspected of bilking fugitive out of 20m yuan

China Daily  

China's most-wanted fugitive Guo Wengui was cheated out of 20 million yuan by two fraudsters, one of them pretending to be a relative of senior officials and posing as a senior military officer, police said. After claiming to have a connection with senior officials, Zhao was offered 20 million yuan in exchange for helping to free one of Guo's secretaries, …

Financial fugitive's associates indicted
7 years, 9 months ago

Financial fugitive's associates indicted

China Daily  

Prosecutors have indicted some employees of two companies connected to Interpol "red notice" criminal suspect Guo Wengui, judicial sources said Saturday. The same day, Kaifeng People's Procuratorate, in Henan province, initiated a public prosecution against Guo's Henan Yuda Real Estate Co and its employees, on charges of defrauding loans and bills of acceptance. The procuratorate in Dalian found that in …

Associates of fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui jailed for fraud
7 years, 9 months ago

Associates of fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui jailed for fraud

China Daily  

Three former associates of fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui have been convicted of fraudulently obtaining a loan and foreign currency on Friday, Xinhua News Agency reported. Lyu Tao, the former deputy general manager of Beijing Pangu Investment Inc, a company controlled by Guo, was sentenced to two years and three months, and Xie Honglin, the former manager of the company's …

3 linked to fugitive plead guilty
7 years, 9 months ago

3 linked to fugitive plead guilty

China Daily  

Former executives of fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining a loan and foreign currency during their trial in Dalian, Liaoning province, on Friday. The three former executives, Lyu Tao, Xie Honglin and Yang Ying, confessed to fraudulently obtaining loan of 3.2 billion yuan from the Agricultural Bank of China in the name of Beijing Pangu Investment …

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years
7 years, 10 months ago

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years

China Daily  

HANGZHOU -- Zhao Shaolin, a former provincial-level official in east China's Jiangsu Province, was sentenced by a court in Zhejiang Province to four years in prison Thursday for graft and illegally purchasing foreign exchange. Zhao, a former member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China Jiangsu provincial committee and secretary-general of the provincial Party committee, was also …

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years for bribery, illegal foreign exchange purchase
7 years, 10 months ago

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years for bribery, illegal foreign exchange purchase

China Daily  

HANGZHOU - Zhao Shaolin, a former provincial-level official in east China's Jiangsu Province, was sentenced by a court in Zhejiang Province to four years in prison Thursday for graft and illegally purchasing foreign exchange. Zhao, a former member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China Jiangsu provincial committee and secretary-general of the provincial Party committee, was also …

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years for bribery, illegal foreign exchange purchase
7 years, 10 months ago

Former senior Jiangsu official sentenced to four years for bribery, illegal foreign exchange purchase

China Daily  

HANGZHOU - Zhao Shaolin, a former provincial-level official in east China's Jiangsu Province, was sentenced by a court in Zhejiang Province to four years in prison Thursday for graft and illegally purchasing foreign exchange. Zhao, a former member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China Jiangsu provincial committee and secretary-general of the provincial Party committee, was also …

Former senior Jiangsu official stands trial for graft
8 years, 2 months ago

Former senior Jiangsu official stands trial for graft

China Daily  

HANGZHOU -- Zhao Shaolin, a former provincial-level official in East China's Jiangsu province, stood trial on Tuesday on charges of offering bribes and purchasing foreign exchange through deception at a court in Zhejiang province. Prosecutors alleged that Zhao, a former member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China Jiangsu provincial committee and secretary-general of the provincial Party …

Former senior political advisor sentenced to 13 years for graft
8 years, 3 months ago

Former senior political advisor sentenced to 13 years for graft

China Daily  

NANCHANG - Si Xinliang, a former senior political advisor in East China's Zhejiang Province, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for accepting bribes amounting to nearly 20 million yuan by a court in Jiangxi province on Tuesday. Personal assets worth 2 million yuan belonging to Si, formerly vice chairman of the Zhejiang provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political …

Steps taken to 'speed up' corrupt fugitives' return from US[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 4 months ago

Steps taken to 'speed up' corrupt fugitives' return from US[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

China, US said to be 'in advanced negotiations' on 5 most-wanted officials Yang Jinjun, former general manager of Minghe Group in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, was repatriated in September last year. Chinese and US judicial authorities have been speeding up negotiations on returning five most-wanted corrupt Chinese officials, who are still on the run in the United States, to face trial …

Two 'swindle' millions by claiming fake royal blood, ties to Soros
8 years, 6 months ago

Two 'swindle' millions by claiming fake royal blood, ties to Soros

China Daily  

Two suspects have been arrested for allegedly swindling more than 40 million yuan from a woman with one claiming to be a pupil of financial tycoon George Soros and the other claiming to be Qianlong Emperor. Their tall tales convinced Zheng to shell out 2.22 million yuan for a pie of the "royal assets" and to buy jade cabbages in …

Fraud fugitive on most wanted list arrested
8 years, 11 months ago

Fraud fugitive on most wanted list arrested

China Daily  

Zhao Jianguo is seen in this screen shot taken on April 11, 2016 shows. BEIJING - A fugitive on a list of China's 10 most-wanted telecom- and Internet-fraud suspects has been seized by police, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday. Zhao Jianguo, 35, is accused of conspiring with others and cheating 81.72 million yuan out of a construction …

China breaks up $64 billion underground banking network
9 years, 4 months ago

China breaks up $64 billion underground banking network

Associated Press  

SHANGHAI — Authorities in China have cracked the country’s biggest-ever underground banking network, which handled illegal foreign exchange transactions worth 410 billion yuan, police said Friday. Police said one leader of the Zhejiang network was a man named Zhao Mouyi, who transferred over 100 billion yuan overseas using 850 different bank accounts and a dozen Hong Kong front companies. “China’s …

China investment company executive under police probe
9 years, 4 months ago

China investment company executive under police probe

China Daily  

BEIJING - Xu Xiang, general manager of the Shanghai-based company Zexi Investment, is under investigation for suspected insider trading, the Ministry of Public Security announced late Sunday. In a separate probe, police have netted three suspects and is seeking to arrest more overseas for pocketing huge funds via manipulating futures trades, the Ministry of Public Security announced Sunday in a …

Royally bizarre: Chinese farmer pretended to be princess to commit fraud
9 years, 6 months ago

Royally bizarre: Chinese farmer pretended to be princess to commit fraud

Firstpost  

A farmer who pretended to be a princess descended from the Qing dynasty to swindle people out of more than 2 million yuan has been sentenced to 13 and a half years in prison for fraud, a court said. Beijing: A farmer who pretended to be a princess descended from the Qing dynasty to swindle people out of more than …

2014年末盘点：六大关键词透视反腐[6]
10 years, 3 months ago

2014年末盘点：六大关键词透视反腐[6]

China Daily  

Key words VI: Low-level officials extremely corrupt 关键词六：查处“小官巨腐” Grassroot officials were found to be corruptly taking advantage of land appropriation, house demolition and resettlement, and project approvals to embezzle government funds. Ma Chaoqun, a former general manager of the State-owned water company in Beidaihe district in Hebei province, was reported to have stashed 120 million yuan in cash and 37 …

2014年末盘点：六大关键词透视反腐
10 years, 3 months ago

2014年末盘点：六大关键词透视反腐

China Daily  

Key words VI: Low-level officials extremely corrupt 关键词六：查处“小官巨腐” Grassroot officials were found to be corruptly taking advantage of land appropriation, house demolition and resettlement, and project approvals to embezzle government funds. Ma Chaoqun, a former general manager of the State-owned water company in Beidaihe district in Hebei province, was reported to have stashed 120 million yuan in cash and 37 …

Bloggers admit to spreading rumors
10 years, 7 months ago

Bloggers admit to spreading rumors

China Daily  

A Chinese micro-blogger pleaded guilty to spreading false information on the Internet and deleting micro-blog posts for profit on Thursday. Yang Xiuyu, founder of the Erma company best known online as Lier Chaisi stood at trial at the Beijing Chaoyang District People’s Court accused of illegal business practices. According to the charges, yang had received 531,000 yuan to help clients …

China hunts law-breaking billionaire[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
10 years, 7 months ago

China hunts law-breaking billionaire[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

NANNING - An international manhunt is underway for a Chinese businessman who fled the country following allegations of fraud, authorities said Tuesday. The International Criminal Police Organization has issued a red notice for Liao Rongna of the Zhengling Group, a private conglomerate based in Liuzhou city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Liao, 58, is said to have cheated his …

Female imposter's
10 years, 8 months ago

Female imposter's

China Daily  

Man tricked into turning over 17 million yuan A State-owned enterprise's financial department manager named Huang in Wuhan was recently arrested on suspicion of turning over, without authorization, 17 million yuan in company funds to a group of swindlers who tricked him over the phone, Yangcheng Evening News reported. The swindlers talked him into believing he was involved in a …

Shenzhen police crack illegal private bank
12 years, 2 months ago

Shenzhen police crack illegal private bank

China Daily  

Shenzhen police said on Jan 14 that they had cracked an illegal private bank involving 120 million yuan. The underground bank was hidden in an unnoticeable store in Bao'an district, with a sign indicating it sells grain and cooking oil, according to the economic crime investigation department of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau. Thanks to a whistle-blowing letter in August, police …

Number may be up for 'lottery fraudsters'
15 years ago

Number may be up for 'lottery fraudsters'

China Daily  

进入英语学习论坛下载音频 去听写专区一展身手 Police are investigating a gang of 11 alleged scammers who they believe sold "must win" lottery numbers to victims for more than 2.9 million yuan, according to Beijing Morning Post. Allegedly led by a 35-year-old man from Hunan province, surnamed Yi, the gang registered two companies in Beijing in 2008 and started advertising that they had access to …

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