USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文双语Français
China
Home / China / Society

Guangdong police swoop to smash illegal banks

By ZHENG CAIXIONG | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-11-23 11:00

Seven people have been detained in an operation to break up two underground banks worth more than 20 billion yuan ($3.08 billion) in Guangdong province.

Shaoguan city police said on Thursday more than 10,000 people are suspected to have used the illicit operations to transfer money in or out of the country or exchange currencies.

Some of the money was sent to Macao to fund gambling activities, the police said.

The banks' operators are also believed to have earned large profits from illegal foreign currency settlements using 48 bank accounts opened using fake documents in more than 20 provincial regions.

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US