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A Chinese court has sentenced Hui Ka Yan, founder of Evergrande, a Chinese property developer, to life in prison on charges of large-scale financial fraud, including inflating the company's assets and concealing its liabilities. The court also fined Evergrande a total of $2.3 billion and several senior executives were given prison terms ranging from 8-18 years. Hui pleaded guilty to various charges earlier this year after being arrested in China. The verdict marks a milestone in Evergrande's saga, which collapsed with over $300 billion in liabilities in 2020.

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Hui Ka Yan, the founder of Evergrande, a massive Chinese property developer that collapsed with over $300 billion in liabilities, has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the company's financial crimes. In addition to his prison sentence, Hui was also fined and had all of his personal property confiscated by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. His former companies were fined a total of 15.82bn yuan (£1.73bn; $2.35bn) over multiple crimes, including falsifying records and concealing debt. Hui pleaded guilty in April to charges including embezzlement of assets and corporate bribery, and was convicted of overseeing Evergrande's large-scale financial fraud that inflated the company's assets while concealing its liabilities. Several other senior Evergrande executives were also sentenced to prison terms ranging from 22 months to 18 years for their roles in the company's crimes. The collapse of Evergrande shook China's property sector and hit investors and domestic banks hard, marking a key moment in the fallout from the company's failure.

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Chinese court sentences founder of property developer Evergrande to life in prison BEIJING — asserted

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Chinese property developer Hui Ka Yan, founder of the Evergrande real estate group, has been sentenced to life in prison and the companies fined a total of $2.3 billion, a court in the southern city of Shenzhen said Thursday. asserted

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The decision marks a milestone in Evergrande's saga after it collapsed with more than $300 billion in liabilities when Chinese authorities cracked down on excessive borrowing in the real estate industry in 2020. asserted

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That triggered a crunch among many developers and brought on a downturn in the property market that has weighed on the broader economy ever since. asserted

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The Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court convicted Hui, also known as Xu Jiayin, and Evergrande of engaged in large-scale financial fraud in inflating the group's assets and concealing its liabilities. asserted

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In a statement, the court also said Hui also abused his position in orchestrating financial fraud and misappropriating company assets. asserted

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It also sentenced several other senior Evergrande executives to prison terms of up to 18 years on charges including illegally taking public deposits and fraud, the court said. asserted

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Evergrande group was fined 8.82 billion yuan ($1.31 billion) and Evergrande Real Estate Group was fined 7 billion yuan ($1.04 billion) asserted

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, the court said in a statement. asserted

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Hui pleaded guilty in April to various charges including illegal absorption of public deposits, fraud and bribery after he was arrested in China. asserted

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China Evergrande, founded in 1996, defaulted on its debts in 2021. asserted

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It was the world's most heavily indebted real estate developer before it was ordered to liquidate its assets. asserted

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Authorities in Hong Kong and mainland China earlier said their investigations found Evergrande had manipulated its financial data by tactics that included prematurely booking revenue from property sales before completion and delivery of the apartments to buyers. asserted

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Revenues were overstated by roughly $80 billion over 2019 and 2020, they said. asserted

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Chinese court sentences founder of property developer Evergrande to life in prison

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