Wu Ying

Wu Ying appeals to Supreme Court to overturn death sentence for fraud

23 Feb 2013

Wu Ying, the self-made billionaire convicted of defrauding investors in a 770 million yuan (HK$956 million) scheme, has appealed to the Supreme People's Court to overturn her death sentence.

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Billionaire's death sentence suspended

22 May 2012

The death penalty for 30-year-old Zhejiang billionaire Wu Ying was upheld yesterday in a retrial, but suspended for two years - a decision hailed by some legal experts but slammed by Wu's father...

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Death sentence that left entrepreneurs in shock

23 Apr 2012

The mainland's shadow banking system may have made many people rich, but it also has a dark side.

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Legalise underground banks, delegates urge

12 Mar 2012

Delegates to the mainland's top political advisory body have called for underground banks that operate in the grey area of informal lending and fund-raising to be legalised.

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Ponzi scheme tycoon's missing assets revealed

10 Feb 2012

The whereabouts of millions of yuan of assets belonging to the former Zhejiang tycoon Wu Ying, who is on death row pending a final court review, has finally been revealed, almost five years after...

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Xinhua stands up for woman facing death

8 Feb 2012

In two unexpected articles, the state-run Xinhua News Agency has shown what appears to be sympathy for 29-year-old billionaire businesswoman Wu Ying, who was recently sentenced to death for fraud...

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Death is too high a price for Wu to pay

The death sentence handed last month to businesswoman Wu Ying for fraud has prompted a rare unanimous plea for mercy from the mainland public, and rarer still, some rational discussions on the...

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Fallen tycoon appeals against death sentence

Wu Ying - once one of the mainland's richest people and sentenced to death in 2009 in a high-profile fraud case - has appealed to a Zhejiang court against the ruling.

Zhang Yanfeng,...

7:36AM

27-year-old tycoon charged with fraud

Prosecutors in Jinhua , Zhejiang province , have formally charged a 27-year-old businesswoman who built a paper fortune by illegally raising money through fraud.

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by John Biggs

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Billionaire tycoon, 26, charged with illegal fund-raising, fraud

Zhejiang beautician-turned-billionaire Wu Ying , 26, was charged yesterday with illegal fund-raising and contract fraud involving 100 million yuan.

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Celebrity tycoon probed for land deal

Boom town shocked after TV investor flees party's disciplinary confinement

Police are searching for a celebrity entrepreneur from booming Zhejiang province to face allegations of '...

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