Chinese court sentences Evergrande founder to life in prison for fraud

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Hui Ka Yan, founder of China Evergrande Group, has been sentenced to life in prison by the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court for large-scale fraud. The court also fined Evergrande Group 8.82 billion yuan and Evergrande Real Estate 7 billion yuan. Hui Ka Yan, also known as Xu Jiayin, had pleaded guilty in April to charges including illegal absorption of public deposits, fraud, and corporate bribery. Evergrande, once the world's most heavily indebted real estate developer with over $300 billion in liabilities, was ordered to liquidate. The company's collapse, following a government crackdown on excessive borrowing in 2020, triggered a crisis in the Chinese real estate market.

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Evergrande was the world's most heavily indebted real estate developer with over $300 billion in liabilities.

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Hui Ka Yan pleaded guilty to illegal absorption of public deposits, fraud, and corporate bribery.

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Evergrande Real Estate was fined 7 billion yuan ($1.04 billion).

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Evergrande Group was fined 8.82 billion yuan ($1.31 billion).

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Hui Ka Yan, founder of China Evergrande Group, was sentenced to life in prison for fraud.

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Hui Ka Yan, chairman of China-evergrande-group" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="116136" data-entity-type="organization">China Evergrande Group, delivers a keynote speech at the summit, Nov. 12. 2026-08-20T04:21:25Z BEIJING (AP) — The Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Hui Ka Yan, the founder of China’s Evergrande Real Estate group, to life in prison Thursday for large-scale fraud. It also fined Evergrande Group 8.82 billion yuan ($1.31 billion) and Evergrande Real Estate 7 billion yuan ($1.04 billion), according to a statement issued by the court. Hui Ka Yan, also known as Xu Jiayin, pleaded guilty in April to a series of charges, including illegal absorption of public deposits, fraud and corporate bribery. Evergrande was the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer with more than $300 billion in liabilities before it was ordered to liquidate. Its downfall, which came as Chinese government officials cracked down on excessive borrowing in 2020, tipped the entire Chinese real estate market into crisis.

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