Steps taken to 'speed up' corrupt fugitives' return from US[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 5 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 at home. The official, who declined to reveal his name, said Chinese law enforcement officers are seeking assistance from their US counterparts to return the five key corruption suspects, including Yang Xiuzhu, former deputy head of the Zhejiang Provincial Construction Bureau, and Xu Chaofan, former director of Bank of China's Kaiping branch in Guangdong province. Since April last year, when Interpol issued red notices to track down 100 major Chinese corrupt officials who fled, four have returned from the US to face trial, including 58-year-old Yang Jinjun, brother of Yang Xiuzhu, who is suspected of bribery and corruption.

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20 months in prison for US man over China repatriation plot
6 days, 9 hours ago

20 months in prison for US man over China repatriation plot

Raw Story  

A New York businessman was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Wednesday for his role in a plot to force a US resident to return to China. Quanzhong An, 58, was one of seven people charged in October 2022 for involvement in a Chinese government repatriation scheme known as "Operation Fox Hunt." Judge Kiyo Matsumoto sentenced him to 20 …

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 …

China signals willingness to repatriate confirmed Chinese nationals from the US
1 month, 3 weeks ago

China signals willingness to repatriate confirmed Chinese nationals from the US

Hindustan Times  

WASHINGTON, - China said on Monday it is willing to repatriate confirmed Chinese nationals from the United States, as U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs and sanctions on some countries if they do not cooperate on accepting deportees. China signals willingness to repatriate confirmed Chinese nationals from the US In recent months, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has sent …

China detains suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar
1 month, 3 weeks ago

China detains suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks near the borders of Myanmar and Thailand, China’s Ministry of Public Security said, weeks after the high-profile disappearance of an actor sparked safety concerns. Earlier this month, Chinese actor Wang Xing was lured by a promise of an acting opportunity and traveled …

China still failing to shut down fraud gangs preying on its citizens at Thailand-Myanmar border
1 month, 3 weeks ago

China still failing to shut down fraud gangs preying on its citizens at Thailand-Myanmar border

Firstpost  

While China declared last year that major telecom fraud hubs near the Myanmar border had been dismantled and tens of thousands of suspects detained, the problem persists Myanmar police hand over five telecom and internet fraud suspects to Chinese police at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar on August 26, 2023. AP China continues to grapple with rampant fraud networks …

Man gets 2 years in US prison for aiding pushy effort to get ex-official to return to China
2 months, 1 week ago

Man gets 2 years in US prison for aiding pushy effort to get ex-official to return to China

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A man convicted in the first trial highlighting U.S. claims that China harasses its critics overseas was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for his role in a creepy campaign to get a former official to return to his homeland. He begged a judge for “a chance to renew myself” and to see his grandchild grow …

Former senior official of Beijing Grain Group repatriated to China
3 months, 1 week ago

Former senior official of Beijing Grain Group repatriated to China

China Daily  

Jiang Pengju, a fugitive suspect and former deputy general manager of Beijing Grain Group, has been repatriated to China, the country's top anti-corruption watchdogs announced on Wednesday. In April this year, the supervisory department in Beijing's Chaoyang district began investigating him, making every effort to pursue him and recover assets, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the …

Former senior official of Beijing Grain Group repatriated to China
3 months, 1 week ago

Former senior official of Beijing Grain Group repatriated to China

China Daily  

Jiang Pengju, a fugitive suspect and former deputy general manager of Beijing Grain Group, has been repatriated to China, the country's top anti-corruption watchdogs announced on Wednesday. In April this year, the supervisory department in Beijing's Chaoyang district began investigating him, making every effort to pursue him and recover assets, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the …

Police bust illegal money businesses
3 months, 1 week ago

Police bust illegal money businesses

China Daily  

China's police have conducted five operations to capture 846 suspects in a campaign the Ministry of Public Security launched in May to crack down on "money changing", a ministry official said. The police have also dismantled 263 organizations suspected of engaging in crimes deriving from "money changing", such as illegal business operation, illegal border-crossing, fraud and false imprisonment, Chen said. …

Police bust illegal money businesses
3 months, 1 week ago

Police bust illegal money businesses

China Daily  

China's police have conducted five operations to capture 846 suspects in a campaign the Ministry of Public Security launched in May to crack down on "money changing", a ministry official said. The police have also dismantled 263 organizations suspected of engaging in crimes deriving from "money changing", such as illegal business operation, illegal border-crossing, fraud and false imprisonment, Chen said. …

Crackdown on black market banks in Macao sees 846 arrested
3 months, 1 week ago

Crackdown on black market banks in Macao sees 846 arrested

China Daily  

China's police have conducted five operations and captured 846 suspects in a campaign the Ministry of Public Security launched in May to crack down on "money changing" in the Macao Special Administrative Region, an official of the ministry said. They have dismantled more than 100 "underground banks" and discovered more than 80 billion yuan of capital flow involved in these …

Crackdown on black market banks in Macao sees 846 arrested
3 months, 1 week ago

Crackdown on black market banks in Macao sees 846 arrested

China Daily  

China's police have conducted five operations and captured 846 suspects in a campaign the Ministry of Public Security launched in May to crack down on "money changing" in the Macao Special Administrative Region, an official of the ministry said. They have dismantled more than 100 "underground banks" and discovered more than 80 billion yuan of capital flow involved in these …

Chinese authorities strengthen cooperation to fight trans-border telecom fraud
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese authorities strengthen cooperation to fight trans-border telecom fraud

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-02 13:30 BEIJING -- China's prosecution and public security authorities have strengthened joint efforts to combat cross-border telecom fraud, with eight major cases placed under joint oversight, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced on Sunday. This initiative builds on previous joint efforts between the SPP and the Ministry of Public Security, which have overseen 13 significant cross-border telecom …

Former Guangdong legislator sentenced
4 months, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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 …

Four men arrested for allegedly laundering $39million to China from Melbourne
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Four men arrested for allegedly laundering $39million to China from Melbourne

Daily Mail  

This video is no longer available This video is no longer available They alleged laundered millions of dollars to China A criminal syndicate is accused of laundering more than $39million in cash to China using a network of associates in Melbourne. Four alleged members of a Chinese gang have been charged by the Australian Federal Police The criminal syndicate is …

A Chinese man is extradited from Morocco to face embezzlement charges in Shanghai
1 year, 4 months ago

A Chinese man is extradited from Morocco to face embezzlement charges in Shanghai

Associated Press  

BEIJING — A Chinese man wanted for allegedly embezzling millions of yuan from his company and then fleeing to Morocco was extradited back to China on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Security said. The man, a financial executive at the company, used passwords for its bank accounts to transfer money to his personal account, the ministry said in a statement. …

Australian police charge 7 with laundering hundreds of millions for Chinese crime syndicate
1 year, 5 months ago

Australian police charge 7 with laundering hundreds of millions for Chinese crime syndicate

LA Times  

A sign for a Changjiang Currency Exchange business is displayed in Melbourne on Thursday. Police said a money remittance chain in Australia with a dozen outlets, the Changjiang Currency Exchange, was being secretly run by the Long River money-laundering syndicate. They said the chain legitimately transferred billions of dollars from regular customers, but hidden among those transactions were illegal transfers …

Singapore’s largest money laundering scandal: Investigation points at Chinese nationals
1 year, 5 months ago

Singapore’s largest money laundering scandal: Investigation points at Chinese nationals

Op India  

Singapore is conducting a significant investigation into its largest money laundering scandal, primarily involving Chinese nationals, causing embarrassment for China, Khabarhub reported. Consequently, Singaporean banks have become cautious regarding clients of Chinese origin holding other citizenships, following the exposure of this money laundering scheme, according to Khabarhub, a Nepali digital news media. Singapore has intensified efforts to strengthen its anti-money …

109 Telecom Fraud Suspects Deported From Myanmar To China
1 year, 6 months ago

109 Telecom Fraud Suspects Deported From Myanmar To China

The Diplomat  

Beijing’s strategic interests in Myanmar and mainland Southeast Asia ensure that the crackdown on transnational criminality is likely to remain partial and selective. A group of 109 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in a telecom fraud operation in northern Myanmar were handed over to Chinese police on Saturday, Chinese state media reported, the latest in a series of publicized deportations of …

3 men convicted in US trial that scrutinized China’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ repatriation campaign
1 year, 9 months ago

3 men convicted in US trial that scrutinized China’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ repatriation campaign

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Three men were convicted of various charges Tuesday in a trial showcasing U.S. claims that China has engineered pressure campaigns on American soil to bully expatriates into returning home, as part of an effort called “Operation Fox Hunt.” American private investigator Michael McMahon and two Chinese citizens living in the U.S. — Zheng Congying and Zhu Yong …

Trial opens for 3 charged with aiding Chinese campaign to pressure expats into returning home
1 year, 9 months ago

Trial opens for 3 charged with aiding Chinese campaign to pressure expats into returning home

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — An American sleuth and two Chinese men faced jurors Wednesday in the first trial to come out of U.S. claims that China’s government has tried to harass, intimidate and arm-twist dissidents and others abroad into returning home. “It’s part of a public Chinese government initiative to force people living abroad to return to China against their will.” …

China detains alleged bank fraud 'gang' after protests against financial corruption turned violent
2 years, 8 months ago

China detains alleged bank fraud 'gang' after protests against financial corruption turned violent

ABC  

Members of a "criminal gang" accused of taking control of local banks have been arrested in central China after rare protests over alleged financial corruption sparked violent clashes between customers and authorities. Key points: Protesters held banners accusing local officials in the central city of Zhengzhou of corruption Police in a neighbouring city arrested members of an alleged "criminal gang" …

Feds: Chinese man charged in China’s US chase of ‘fugitives’
2 years, 11 months ago

Feds: Chinese man charged in China’s US chase of ‘fugitives’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A pregnant U.S. citizen was held in China for eight months and threatened that she couldn’t leave unless she convinced her mother to return to China, authorities revealed Wednesday as they criminally charged a man who they said enlisted a U.S. law enforcement officer and others to help repatriate Chinese individuals facing trouble at home. In one …

Huawei CFO fights extradition as Beijing raises pressure
3 years, 7 months ago

Huawei CFO fights extradition as Beijing raises pressure

Al Jazeera  

Lawyers for Huawei Technologies Co.’s chief financial officer made a final push for a Canadian court to reject a U.S. extradition request, as Beijing raised pressure on Ottawa with a series of rulings in criminal cases against Canadian nationals. The Canadian government condemned the moves, which the top U.S. diplomat in Beijing called a “blatant attempt to use human beings …

Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death
4 years, 2 months ago

Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former head of state-owned …

U.S. charges five Chinese nationals with hacking 100 entities including Indian government networks
4 years, 6 months ago

U.S. charges five Chinese nationals with hacking 100 entities including Indian government networks

The Hindu  

The U.S. Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacking over a 100 companies and institutions in America and abroad, including the Indian government’s networks, and stealing valuable software data and business intelligence. Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Wednesday announced three indictments have been unsealed in the matter that collectively charge five Chinese nationals with computer hacking …

US raises the ante against China
4 years, 8 months ago

US raises the ante against China

Live Mint  

Taking US-China tensions a notch higher, US Federal Bureau of Investigation chief Christopher Wray said acts of espionage and theft by Beijing pose the “greatest long-term threat” to America’s future. Speaking at the Hudson Institute think tank in Washington overnight Wednesday, Wray spoke of a multi-pronged disruption campaign that China is running against its own nationals living abroad, coercing them …

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 …

China transfers fugitive to US police
7 years, 7 months ago

China transfers fugitive to US police

China Daily  

Chinese police hand over fugitive Naquan Ferguson to police from the United States in Guangzhou on Friday. Early Friday, Chinese police transferred criminal fugitive Naquan Ferguson to their US counterparts at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The successful repatriation of the US fugitive was "considered the latest achievement of law enforcement cooperation to hunt down fugitives since two Chinese fugitives were …

China transfers fugitive to US police
7 years, 7 months ago

China transfers fugitive to US police

China Daily  

Chinese police hand over fugitive Naquan Ferguson to police from the United States in Guangzhou on Friday. Early Friday, Chinese police transferred criminal fugitive Naquan Ferguson to their US counterparts at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The successful repatriation of the US fugitive was "considered the latest achievement of law enforcement cooperation to hunt down fugitives since two Chinese fugitives were …

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 …

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, …

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 …

US returns Chinese fugitive, a suspected rapist
7 years, 9 months ago

US returns Chinese fugitive, a suspected rapist

China Daily  

Police officers escort a fugitive who fled to the United States in April last year. The man, who is suspected of committing rape in China, was repatriated at Beijing Capital International Airport on Thursday.Zou Hong / China Daily A fugitive on China's most-wanted list who is suspected of rape was repatriated to China from the United States on Thursday afternoon, …

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 …

Anti-graft agency hunts 946 fugitives
7 years, 10 months ago

Anti-graft agency hunts 946 fugitives

China Daily  

China's top graft buster said on Thursday that 946 corrupt fugitives are still at large in foreign countries, and China hopes those nations will support its war against corruption. "These corrupt fugitives used illegal means to grab a large amount of public funds and escaped abroad to avoid punishment, which has seriously harmed people's interests and undermined our credibility and …

China tries to bring back 3 fugitives in US
7 years, 11 months ago

China tries to bring back 3 fugitives in US

China Daily  

China hopes to further intensify cooperation with US law-enforcement agencies to bring back three fugitives accused of corruption at home and exposed in a visa fraud probe in California, an official familiar with the matter said on Monday. Victoria Chan, an attorney, and Tat Chan, her foreign national father, persuaded more than 100 Chinese nationals to invest a total of …

Corrupt Chinese fugitive repatriated from Zimbabwe
8 years ago

Corrupt Chinese fugitive repatriated from Zimbabwe

China Daily  

NANJING -- A retired Chinese tax official has been returned from Zimbabwe to China less than four months after he fled a corruption probe and hid in the southern African country. Yang Xingfu, who retired as the deputy head of Local Taxation Bureau of Nantong City in 2015, fled to Zimbabwe last December, fearing a graft investigation. "The operation shows …

Fugitive officials brought back home to face justice
8 years ago

Fugitive officials brought back home to face justice

China Daily  

Law enforcement cooperation with Western counterparts intensified A total of 43 former officials suspected of corruption were brought back from more than 19 countries and regions to face justice in the first 11 months of last year, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate. National prosecutors also confiscated about 548 million yuan of illegal assets, said Song Hansong, a senior official …

Authorities crack down on underground banks
8 years ago

Authorities crack down on underground banks

China Daily  

Police seized more than 900 billion yuan in cases involving underground banks last year, the Ministry of Public Security said on Sunday. The campaign against underground banks is aimed at maintaining financial order and security, and is helping the country's anti-corruption drive recover the assets of fugitive officials, the ministry said. Last year, the ministry worked with the central bank …

China's 2nd most wanted economic fugitive gets life sentence
8 years, 2 months ago

China's 2nd most wanted economic fugitive gets life sentence

China Daily  

One of China's most wanted economic fugitives has been sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption. Shangrao Intermediate People's Court on Monday awarded life imprisonment to Li Huabo, 55, the second on the list of China's '100 most wanted' economic fugitives who had fled overseas. The former local government official from Poyang county, East China's Jiangxi province, was accused of embezzling …

Anti-graft net recovers assets, too
8 years, 3 months ago

Anti-graft net recovers assets, too

China Daily  

Official says return of ill-gotten gains is just as important as bringing back economic fugitives While China is seeing an increasing number of fugitives suspected of corruption being returned from overseas, thanks to international cooperation, the country is also beefing up efforts to recover their ill-gotten assets. Between January 2014 and November this year, 2,442 Chinese fugitives suspected of economic …

A triumph for anti-graft law enforcement cooperation
8 years, 4 months ago

A triumph for anti-graft law enforcement cooperation

China Daily  

A gavel in a court. It also indicates that China's law enforcement cooperation with other countries in tracking down and apprehending its corrupt officials, wherever they flee, has entered a new stage. Yang, a former vice-mayor of Wenzhou in East China's Zhejiang province, is accused of embezzling more than $37 million and ranks No 1 on China's most-wanted list of …

Corrupt officials who fled abroad are now giving themselves in
8 years, 4 months ago

Corrupt officials who fled abroad are now giving themselves in

China Daily  

More than half of the corrupt Chinese officials recently netted after fleeing abroad opted to turn themselves in, Xinhua has reported. She is one of 37 fugitives named on the "red notice" listing 100 major corrupt Chinese officials that have recently returned back to the country. Beijing Normal University criminal law expert Huang Feng said persuading fugitives to return, with …

Fugitive returned 15 years on
8 years, 4 months ago

Fugitive returned 15 years on

China Daily  

One of the country's most-wanted economic fugitives, who had been on the run for 15 years in New Zealand, returned to China on Saturday to turn himself in, according to the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Yan Yongming, 47, former chairman of Tonghua Golden-Horse Pharmaceutical Co in Jilin province, who was accused of fraud and embezzlement …

Authorities strengthen efforts to recover stolen assets overseas[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 4 months ago

Authorities strengthen efforts to recover stolen assets overseas[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

The nation's top anti-graft bodies are working to retrieve more than $1 billion sent to foreign bank accounts by corrupt officials. Statistics provided by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the nation's top anti-graft watchdog, show that from 2014 to July, the police confiscated illicit assets sent overseas worth 7.62 billion yuan. "Such agreements provide a legal framework for the …

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