Former China Evergrande Group chairman Xu Jiayin, also known as Hui Ka Yan, was sentenced to life imprisonment in first-instance verdict on Thursday after being convicted of multiple crimes, including illegally absorbing public deposits, fundraising fraud and fraudulent issuance of securities, CCTV News reported.

A Shenzhen court also levies massive fines against the developer’s main units for systematic fraud

Hui was fined 47 million yuan ($6.5 million) in 2024 and banned from China's securities markets for life by the China Securities Regulatory Commission over inflating company…

A Chinese court ordered all of Hui Ka Yan's personal property confiscated.