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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Evergrande: Chinese firm and founder fined over $78bn fraud claims

Hui Ka Yan in front of a picture of skyscrapers
Evergrande’s chairman, Hui Ka Yan, was banned from China’s markets for life. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

The troubled Chinese property developer Evergrande and its founder have been fined over allegations that they fraudulently inflated its revenues by $78bn (£61.6bn) in the two years before it began missing debt repayment deadlines.

Beijing’s stock watchdog fined the company about $580m for allegedly falsifying its revenue, among other violations, as it conducts a deep clean of the country’s embattled financial sector.

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