Others who had their hands in the till

Gao Shan, former manager of a Bank of China sub-branch in Harbin, Heilongjiang, embezzled up to 1 billion yuan.

Xiao Kui, operations manager at BOC's Yicheng sub-branch in Hubei, allegedly left his bank with 2.6 million yuan in cash stuffed in a bag on November 26 last year.

Lu Yunping, deputy operation manager of an Industrial and Commercial Bank of China sub-branch in Hanchuan in Hubei, embezzled 1.8 million yuan.

Zhai Changping, a former typist in a BOC sub-branch in Dalian , Liaoning , embezzled US$6 million from 1999 to 2005.