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No. 20 of 2010: Some Typical Cases and Issues Referred by the National Audit Office (CNAO) that have been Closed since 2008

No. 20 of 2010: Some Typical Cases and Issues Referred by the National Audit Office (CNAO) that have been Closed since 2008

Write: Glanville [2011-05-20]
Some Typical Cases and Issues Referred by the National Audit Office (CNAO) that have been Closed since 2008
(Announced on June 23, 2010)
1. Case of Loan Fraud Involving Private Entrepreneur Xie Genrong

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the China Construction Bank found that: between 2000 and 2004, Xie Genrong, former legal representative of the Beijing Yanshan Huaersen Industry Group (and formerly a member of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee and Standing Member of the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce Executive Committee), through several affiliated companies under his control, by means of "selling the same house to multiple customers , making up housing sales contracts, and providing false financial statements, etc.

, defrauded the Beijing Branch of China Construction Bank to obtain personal housing mortgage loans of 616 million yuan; by means of rolling issue of bank s acceptance bills with no real trade background and discounting them for cash at a different locale, etc., extracted 206 million of funds from the same bank.

These funds were transferred to personal accounts or withdrawn; some of it was used by him to collect antiques, to buy luxury housing, luxury brand cars and other luxury consumption, and for offshore gambling and splurges, some were used for speculation in stocks and other personal investment activities.

The bank designated the entire principal and interest of the above loan as a loss, of which 362 million yuan was written off in 2007. Yan Linzhuang, former president of the China Construction Bank Beijing Branch s Development Zone Subbranch, and its former vice president Zhao Feng and others, in handling the above business, were involved in collusion to cover up bad loans, illegal lending and other acts.

The CNAO referred the case to public security organs to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Beijing Municipality First Intermediate People's Court in December 2009 at the first trial sentenced Xie Genrong to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of loan fraud; and at the first trial sentenced Yan Linzhuang and Zhao Feng to 20 years and 19 years imprisonment and fines of 200,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan respectively on charges of illegal lending and illicit issuance of financial instruments.

2. Case of Fraudulent Loan through False Mortgages and High Interest Rate Relending Involving Private Entrepreneur Xu Guohua and others

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China found that: between 2000 and 2004, private entrepreneur Xu Guohua and others through two companies under their control, by means of borrowing other people s identity papers, making up false documentation etc.

, defrauded the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China s Beijing Cuiwei Lu Subbranch and Changping Subbranch to obtain personal car consumption loans and personal comprehensive consumption loans totaling 280 million yuan. These borrowed funds were seized by Xu Guohua and others, and some of it was used for usury.

At the time of the audit, the abovementioned two companies business licenses had already been revoked by the Industry and Commerce Administrative organs, and of the above mentioned loan, 115 million yuan had been written off. The CNAO referred the case to public security organs to investigate and deal with accordingly.

Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Beijing Municipality First Intermediate People's Court in December 2009 at the first trial sentenced Xu Guohua to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of contract fraud and relending at high interest rates; and 5 other accomplices were given sentences ranging from life imprisonment to 6 years imprisonment on charges of fraud, intentional injury and relending at high interest rates.

3. Case of Contract Fraud Involving Private Entrepreneur Luo Heping and others

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the China Construction Bank found that: from December 1999 to June 2003, Luo Heping, using several shell enterprises under his control, by means of fictitious investment projects, the provision of false contracts, etc., defrauded the China Construction Bank s Beijing Branch of 110 million yuan in loans, of which 98.

37 million yuan was directly cashed by Luo Heping or transferred through relevant enterprises and seized by himself. The CNAO referred the case to public security organs to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Beijing Municipality Second Intermediate People's Court in December 2009 at the first trial sentenced Luo Heping to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of contract fraud, and sentenced another accomplice to 15 years imprisonment on charges of contract fraud.

4. Case of Embezzlement and Accepting Bribes Involving Li Zhenyuan, Former General Manager of the China Yuanwang (Group) Corporation

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation s affiliated China Yuanwang (Group) Corporation found that: Li Zhenyuan used his position, together with Xu Nanping, general manager of Ningbo Yuanwang Technology Industry and Trade Company, and others, embezzled state-owned funds of the Yuanwang Group and its affiliated enterprises and misappropriated funds to buy personal stock equities.

The CNAO referred the case to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection s Supervision Department to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Ningbo City Intermediate People's Court of Zhejiang Province in August 2009 sentenced Li Zhenyuan, Xu Nanping, Ye Jianrong, Fu Binlin to 20 years, 16 years, 15 years, and 12 years imprisonment and confiscation of personal property of 1.

1 million yuan, 950,000 yuan, 850,000 yuan and 800,000 yuan respectively on charges of embezzlement and accepting bribes.

5. Case of Accepting Bribes Involving Dai Beijun, Former Head of the Zhejiang Province Bureau of Environmental Protection

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit investigation of the Three Rivers and Three Lakes water pollution prevention and mitigation performance, found that: from 2006 to March 2008, the former Zhejiang Province Bureau of Environmental Protection, in violation of regulations, helped the private enterprise Zhejiang Huanmao Automation Science and Technology Co., Ltd., to monopolize the construction, operation and maintenance of the entire province's pollution source automatic monitoring system, and in violation of regulations loaned 20 million yuan of funds for its use, resulting in the company reaping huge profits; the Bureau and 7 directly affiliated institutional units also transferred out large amounts of business income, and cashed these in and divided among themselves in the form of "consultation allowance" and reimbursement of vouchers, etc.

After the CNAO referred clues to this case to the Zhejiang Provincial Government to investigate and deal with accordingly, the Zhejiang Province Commission for Discipline Inspection finally found that Dai Beijun and others were suspected of abuse of authority and accepting bribes. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Hangzhou City Intermediate People s Court of Zhejiang Province in January 2000 sentenced Dai Beijun to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of accepting bribes and abuse of authority.

6. Case of Abuse of Authority and Misappropriation of Public Funds Involving Tang Wenfeng, Former Party Secretary and Head of the Administrative Commission of the Chongqing Municipality Economic and Technology Development Zone

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit investigation of land transfer fees and land development and arrangement funds found that: Tang Wenfeng engaged in serious illegal and irregular activities of misappropriation of public funds and abuse of authority resulting in the loss of state assets. The CNAO referred clues to this case to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection s Supervision Department to investigate and deal with accordingly.

Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Chongqing Municipality Fifth Intermediate People's Court in December 2008 sentenced Tang Weifeng to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of 3 million yuan of personal property on charges of misappropriation of public funds and abuse of authority.

7. Case of Accepting Bribes Involving Wang Yi, Former Vice President of the China Development Bank and others

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the China Development Bank found the following problem: in May 2003, the bank in violation of regulations issued a 300 million yuan loan to the Zhengzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone; the Administration Commission of the Development Zone also gave 16.

25 million yuan in the name of "financing award" to the company that helped it arrange the loan. After the CNAO referred clues to this case to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection s Supervision Department, it was finally discovered that Wang Yi and others accepted more than 10 million yuan in bribes in this case.

Subsequent to the case being referred to the procuratorial organs for prosecution, the Beijing Municipality First Intermediate People's Court in April 2010 sentenced Wang Yi to death with a 2 year reprieve, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of acceptance of bribes.

8. Case of Acceptance and Extortion of Bribes Involving Hu Hancheng, Former Deputy Section Chief of the China Development Bank

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the China Development Bank found that: from 2003 to 2004, Hu Hancheng, when he was Deputy Chief of the Risk Management Section of the Bank s Enterprise Bureau, took advantage of his authority as head of the load project review team for the Henan Lantian Group and other enterprises, collected commissions from these enterprises through intermediary organs.

Audit tracing revealed that two million yuan was transferred into Hu Hancheng s personal account and used for stocks speculation. The CNAO referred the case to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection s Supervision Department to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Beijing Municipality First Intermediate People's Court in March 2009 sentenced Hu Hancheng to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of acceptance of bribes.

9. Case of Letter of Credit Fraud Involving Dong Weifu, Former Legal Representative of the Private Enterprise Shanghai Jinsheng Industrial Development Co., Ltd.

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the Bank of Communications found that: from 2004 to 2005, Dong Weifu in collusion with offshore companies, fabricated import trade and used false documents to defraud the Bank of Communications Shanghai Branch into issuing numerous letters of credit to extract discounted funds, resulting in the Branch making advances of 26.

65 million U.S. dollars to Shanghai Jinsheng Industrial Development Co., Ltd. The CNAO referred clues to this case to the public security departments to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Shanghai Municipality Second Intermediate People's Court in April 2008 sentenced Dong Weifu to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life and fines of 100,000 yuan on charges of falsely reporting registered capital and letters of credit fraud.

10. Case of Abuse of Authority Involving Cai Jidong, Former Bureau Chief of the Shaoxing City Transportation Bureau, Zhejiang Province

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the China Development Bank found that: in the stock transfer process of the Shaoxing City Ningbo-Jinhua Expressway Construction and Development Co., Ltd., Cai Jidong abused his authority and arbitrarily decided to transfer state-owned shares at a low price to Shanghai Maosheng Enterprise Development (Group) Co., Ltd. controlled by private entrepreneur Liu Genshan, resulting in loss of state assets.

The CNAO referred the case to the discipline inspection supervision organs to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Yuhang District People's Court of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province in April 2009 sentenced Cai Jidong to 3 years and 6 months imprisonment on charges of abuse of authority and acceptance of bribes; the Shangcheng District People's Court of Hangzhou City in August 2009 sentenced Liu Genshan to 8 years imprisonment on charges of capital flight and misappropriation of funds.

11. Case of Accepting Bribes Involving Wang Junwu, Former Vice Commissioner of the Hainan Province State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the China Guodian Corporation found that: Wang Junwu, former vice commissioner of the Hainan Province State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, while serving as general manager of Hainan Provincial Tourism Corporation, in collusion with private enterprises diverted and transferred state-owned land use rights, resulting in the loss of state assets.

The CNAO referred the case to the supervision departments to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Haikou City Intermediate People's Court of Hainan Province in July 2009 sentenced Wang Junwu to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of acceptance of bribes.

12. Case of Misappropriation of Public Funds Involving Pu Jiayu, Former Bureau Chief of the Jiaxing City Transportation Bureau, Zhejiang Province, and others

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit investigation of toll highways found that: from 2000 to 2006, Pu Jiayu, while holding the concurrent post of chairman of Jiaxing City Transportation Investment Group Co., Ltd., together with the company s former chief accountant Bu Jinlin, took advantage of their positions and misappropriated huge amounts of highway construction funds to invest in real estate and securities in violation of regulations, and cashed or placed into personal accounts 12.

28 million yuan. The CNAO referred clues to this case to the public security departments to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Zhejiang Province Higher People's Court in June 2008 made its final judgment and sentenced Bu Jinlin to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of misappropriation of public funds, abuse of authority by state-owned company personnel, embezzlement and acceptance of bribes; and sentenced Pu Jiayu to 5 years imprisonment on charges of misappropriation of public funds and abuse of authority by state-owned company personnel.

13. Case of Accepting Bribes and Embezzlement Involving Li Peiying, Former Chairman of the Capital Airports Holding Company

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the budget implementation of central government departments found that: between January 1995 and 2003, Li Peiying took advantage of his position and made outside investments and loaned funds in violation of regulations, he was also involved in personal acceptance of bribes, embezzlement and other issues.

The CNAO referred clues of this case to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection s Supervision Department to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Jinan City Intermediate People's Court of Shandong Province in February 2009 sentenced Li Peiying to death, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of embezzlement and acceptance of bribes.

Li Peiying was executed in accordance with law in August 2009.

14. Case of Loss, Waste, Withholding, Misappropriation and Private Partitioning of Construction Funds Involving the Kunming Zhangjiu River Project Construction Administration

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit investigation of the Kunming City Zhangjiu River Water Diversion and Supply Project found that: management at the project construction unit, the Kunming City Zhangjiu River Water Diversion and Supply Project Construction Administration, was chaotic, and due to poor decisions and mismanagement, huge amounts of construction funds were lost, wasted, withheld, misappropriated, and privately partitioned.

The CNAO referred clues to this case to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection s Supervision Department to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Yunnan Province Higher People's Court in December 2009 sentenced the Administration s former executive vice director Zhu Zhi to 3 years imprisonment with a 5 year probation on charges of accepting bribes; the Kunming City Intermediate People's Court in April and August 2008 sentenced the Administration s former vice director Wu Pinde to 7 years imprisonment and former chief economist Zhang Taijian to 12 years imprisonment respectively on charges of accepting bribes.

15. Case of Duty Embezzlement Involving Wang Wanli, Former Chairman of the Hangzhou Hengyun Transportation Development Co., Ltd., and others

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit investigation of toll highways found that: during the period between 2000 and 2002, Wang Wanli and others took advantage of their positions, by means of falsely listing construction funds etc., extracted 30.3 million yuan of toll fees from the Hangzhou Hengyun Transportation Development Co., Ltd.; arbitrarily decided to have the Hangzhou Hengyun Transport Development Co., Ltd. provide bank loan guarantees for their personal company, resulting in the Hangzhou Hengyun Transport Development Co., Ltd. bearing joint responsibility for repayment of 17.

96 million yuan. The CNAO referred clues to this case to the public security departments to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court in December 2008 sentenced Wang Wanli to 17 years imprisonment, fines of 600,000 yuan and confiscation of 100,000 yuan of personal property on charges of duty embezzlement and capital flight; sentenced former director of the Hangzhou Hengyun Transport Development Co., Ltd. Wang Yafei (expatriate Chinese) to 4 years imprisonment, fines of 600,000 yuan and deportation.

After the two had appealed, the Zhejiang Province Higher People's Court in July 2009 commuted Wang Wanli s sentence to 15 years imprisonment, fines of 600,000 yuan and confiscation of 100,000 yuan of personal property.

16. Case of Obtaining Automobile Consumption Loans by Fraud Involving Li Wenzhang, Former General Manager of the Feitian Automobile Trading Co., Ltd., Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the Agricultural Bank of China found that: from September 2002 to June 2004, Li Wenzhang and others by means of forging car purchase invoices etc., colluded with the Agricultural Bank of China Jiamusi City Branch s staff Cai Changqing, Dong Haizhi, Zhao Guicai and others to obtain by fraud personal automobile consumption loans totaling 132 million yuan.

The CNAO referred clues to this case to the public security departments to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Xiangyang District Court of Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province, in May 2008 sentenced Cai Changqing and Dong Haizhi each to 10 years imprisonment and Zhao Guicai to 1 year imprisonment with a 2 year probation on charges of accepting bribes; sentenced Feitian Automobile Trading Co., Ltd., Jiamusi City to fines of 350,000 yuan on charges of organizational bribery; sentenced Li Wenzhang to 2 years imprisonment on charges of bribery.

17. Case of Embezzlement and Seizure of State-owned Assets Involving Yin Jun, Former Chairman of the Xinlike Corporation, Weifang City, Shandong Province, and others

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the China Great Wall Asset Management Corporation found that: from 2003 to 2007, Yin Jun and others transferred and seized huge amounts of state-owned assets, and evaded huge amounts of claims. The CNAO referred clues to this case to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection s Supervision Department to investigate and deal with accordingly.

Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Jinan City Intermediate People's Court of Shandong Province, in March 2009 sentenced Yin Jun to death with a 2 years reprieve, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of embezzlement; sentenced Wang Duo and Zhou Tongju to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of embezzlement; sentenced Ji Xiaofang to 15 years imprisonment and confiscation of all personal property on charges of embezzlement.

18. Case of Misappropriation of Public Funds Involving Gao Jianzhong, Former General Manager of the PetroChina Co. Ltd. s Shanghai Marketing Co. Ltd., and others

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of PetroChina Co. Ltd., found that: from 2002 to 2004, Gao Jiazhong, in collusion with former chief accountant of the company Gan Jianmin and others took advantage of their positions to transfer and misappropriate 150 million yuan of company funds in the name of "treasury bonds investment", and seized state-owned assets through private companies under his control.

The CNAO referred clues to this case to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection s Supervision Department to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Shanghai Municipality Pudong New Area People's Court in July 2008 sentenced Gao Jianzhong to 17 years imprisonment, 5 years deprivation of political rights and confiscation of 21,000 yuan of property on charges of embezzlement, acceptance of bribes and misappropriation of public funds; sentenced Gan Janmin to 15 years imprisonment and 3 years deprivation of political rights and confiscation of 16,000 yuan of property on charges of embezzlement, acceptance of bribes and misappropriation of public funds; and sentenced Chen Huang, former financial manager of PetroChina Co. Ltd. s East China Marketing Co., to 3 years imprisonment with 5 years probation on charges of acceptance of bribes.

19. Case of Fraudulent Loan through False Mortgages Involving Zou Qing, Former Legal Representative of the Beijing Huayunda Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., and others
The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd. found that: between 2001 and 2002, Zou Qing and others instructed company employees to pose as home buyers, and using false commercial residential housing sales contracts, in the name of the two projects Senhau Apartments and Huaqing Apartments, obtained fraudulent personal housing mortgage loans of more than 750 million yuan from the Bank of China Beijing Branch, resulting in huge losses of bank funds. The CNAO referred clues to this case to the public security departments to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Beijing Municipality Second Intermediate People's Court in April 2009 sentenced Zou Qing to life imprisonment and deprivation of political rights for life and confiscation of all personal property on charges of letters of credit fraud and contract fraud.
20. Case of Evasion of Foreign Exchange Involving the Hongsheng Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd.
The National Audit Office (CNAO) in verification of a People s Letter found that: in 2006, the Hongsheng Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd., through false re-export trade, defrauded 4 banks including the CITIC Bank and others to issue nearly 500 million U.S. dollars of letters of credit on its behalf, and remitted these funds abroad. The CNAO referred this case to the public security departments to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Shanghai Municipality First Intermediate People's Court in December 2009 sentenced Long Changsheng, former chairman of the Hongsheng Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd., to 7 years imprisonment and fines of 3 million yuan on charges of evasion of foreign exchange, false capital contributions and capital flight.
21. Case of Duty Embezzlement Involving Xie Jiandong, Former General Manager of the Chongqing Feisite Information Network Co., Ltd., and others
The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the Chongqing Municipality Telecom Company found that: from 2003 to 2004, Xie Jiandong, in collusion with former finance department director He Suzhen and others, by means of withholding revenues, false listing of expenses, etc., illegally transferred to two shell enterprises more than 24 million yuan of funds, of which more than 9 million yuan in cash was withdrawn by relevant personnel, and more than 15 million yuan transferred into private enterprises. The CNAO referred the clues to this case to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection s Supervision Department to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Chongqing Municipality First Intermediate People's Court in June 2009 sentenced Xie Jiandong and He Suzhen to 7 years and 5 years and 6 months imprisonment and confiscation of 300,000 yuan and 200,000 yuan of property respectively, on charges of duty embezzlement.
22. Case of Embezzlement Involving Chen Shengli, Former Director-general of the Department of Publicity and Education, National Population and Family Planning Commission
The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the budget implementation of central government departments found that: between September 2002 and June 2007, Chen Shengli successively embezzled 850,000 yuan of public funds. The CNAO referred the case to the Supreme People's Procuratorate to investigate and prosecute. And subsequently, the Beijing Municipality First Intermediate People's Court in November 2009 sentenced Chen Shengli to 12 years imprisonment on charges of embezzlement.
23. Case of Embezzlement Involving Du Quanli, Former Director of the Party and Public Activities Office, Final Assembly and Environmental Engineering Department, No. 5 Institute, National Space Administration
The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the budget implementation of central government departments found that: in 2007, Du Quanli used the opportunity of purchasing fitness cards for employees to extort rebates amounting to 212,900 yuan in the name of the No. 5 Institute of the National Space Administration. The CNAO referred the case to the Supreme People's Procuratorate to investigate and prosecute. And subsequently, the Beijing Municipality Haidian District People's Court in December 2009 sentenced Du Quanli to 11 years imprisonment on charges of embezzlement.
24. Case of Intentional Destruction of Accounting Vouchers and Misappropriation of Public Funds Involving Liu Yanwen, Former Principle of Guangzhou Dongfeng East Primary School, and others

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit and investigation of urban basic education funds found that: from 2005 to October 2008, Deng Lifen, the person in charge of reimbursement at the Dongfeng East Primary School, placed fees the school received and donations from parents into private accounts, and hid and destroyed accounting documents, and at the time of the audit had expended 33.

588 million yuan; Liu Yanwen, Deng Lifen and others were suspected of misappropriation of public funds of 170,000 yuan to pay for personal purchase of housing, etc. After the CNAO referred the case to the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate, it was investigated and prosecuted by the Guangzhou City Yuexiu District People's Procuratorate, and the Guangzhou City Yuexiu District People s Court of Guangdong Province in August 2009 sentenced Liu Yanwen and Deng Lifen to 8 years and 4 years imprisonment, confiscation of 200,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan of property respectively, and fines each of 20,000 yuan on charges of misappropriation of public funds, acceptance of bribes and intentional destruction of accounting vouchers.

25. Case of Accepting Bribes Involving Zhang Lianqi, Former Deputy Head of the Kunming City Bureau of Education Supervision and Audit Section

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit and investigation of urban basic education funds found that: in the settlement and audit of the Kunming City Bureau of Education work-study office complex building construction project, relevant personnel were suspected of dereliction of duty, and overpaid construction costs of 2.

1629 million yuan. The CNAO referred this case to the Yunnan Provincial Procuratorate to investigate and prosecute. And subsequently, the Lufeng County People s Court of Yunnan Province in March 2010 sentenced Zhang Lianqi to 11 years imprisonment and confiscation of 80,000 yuan of property on charges of abuse of authority and accepting bribes.

26. Case of Seizure of Wenchuan Earthquake Post-disaster Emergency Rescue Funds Involving Zheng Lu, Former Bureau Chief of the Sichuan Province Suinning City Anju District Water Affairs Bureau, and others

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in organizing the follow-up audit of the Wenchuan Earthquake post-disaster restoration and reconstruction found that: in the process of implementing the Sichuan Province Mazitan Reservoir earthquake post-disaster emergency rescue project, Zheng Lu, former bureau chief of the Sichuan Province Suining City Anju District Water Affairs Bureau, and Li You, former head of the Suining City Anju District Mazitan Reservoir Control Station, as persons in charge of the project management department and the construction unit, directly appointed a builder unit in violation of state regulations regarding bidding; they also made up a false set of bidding documents, bid evaluation reports and other data to cope with inspection, and overpaid emergency rescue funds of 700,000 yuan.

The audit organs referred the case to supervision departments to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Suining City Chuanshan District People's Court in October 2009 sentenced Zheng Lu to 3 years imprisonment with 4 years probation on charges of accepting bribes.

27. Case of Accepting Bribes Involving Zewang, Former Bureau Chief of the Heishui County Bureau of Education, Aba Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in organizing the follow-up audit of the Wenchuan Earthquake post-disaster restoration and reconstruction found that: in August 2008, the Bureau of Education, Heishui County, Aba Autonomous Prefecture, without putting out for tender, procured 1.415 million yuan of teaching instruments and equipment from 3 units including Chengdu Jingyida Furniture Co., Ltd., etc.

; these equipments were of poor quality, and there were many doubtful points regarding the invoices. The audit organs referred this issue to the Heishui County government; the county procuratorial organs verified that Zewang in the procurement process accepted 70,000 yuan in bribes from the suppliers.

Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Heishui County People's Court in February 2010 sentenced Zewang to 6 years imprisonment on charges of accepting bribes.

28. Case of Seizure and Misappropriation of the Wenchuan Earthquake Relief and Post-disaster Restoration and Reconstruction Funds and Accepting Bribes Involving 10 Village Cadres of Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in organizing the follow-up audit of the Wenchuan Earthquake post-disaster restoration and reconstruction found that: in some localities in Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province, there were problems of duplicate declaration and excess distribution of subsidy funds for post-disaster restoration and reconstruction of urban and rural housing.

After the CNAO reported the situation to the Pengzhou City government, further investigation by the city s discipline inspection and supervision departments and public security organs found that: in Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province, 3 persons in Huatu Village, Zhihe Township, including former Party branch secretary Wang Zhaofa, village chairman Xu Quanfen etc.

, misappropriated 49,000 yuan of reconstruction funds; 3 persons in Yangliu Village, Gexianshan Township, including former Party branch secretary Wu Tiancai, village chairman Luo Jiali etc., withheld and privately partitioned 21,000 yuan of follow-up living allowances for people with hardship in the earthquake area; former Party branch secretary Gu Daoming of Chaoyang Village, Junyue Township, arbitrarily altered the residents resettlement plan and accepted 8,000 yuan in bribes; 3 persons in Yonghua Village, Cifeng Township, including former Party branch secretary Song Jufu, former village chairman Chen Dengguo etc.

, were suspected of helping others to defraud 308,000 yuan of subsidy funds for post-disaster reconstruction of urban and rural housing and accepting 24,800 yuan in commissions. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Pengzhou City People's Court of Sichuan Province in November 2009 and February 2010 respectively sentenced 10 persons including Wang Zhaofa, Xu Quanfen, Guo Dingfu, etc.

, to imprisonment ranging from 10 months to 2 years on charges of misappropriating specific funds and property, embezzlement and accepting bribes, etc.

29. Case of Seizure of Post-disaster Housing Restoration Subsidy Funds Involving Yu Wutang, Former Village Chairman of Chenda Village, Zhongtan Township, Maiji District, Tianshui City, Gansu Province

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in organizing the follow-up audit of the Wenchuan Earthquake post-disaster restoration and reconstruction found that: in October 2008, Yu Wutang withheld without permission 9,000 yuan of earthquake post-disaster housing reconstruction subsidies from the deposit accounts of five households receiving subsidies, and except for 3,420 yuan used for village committee expenses through IOUs, the remaining 5,580 yuan was seized by him.

The audit organs referred the case to local procuratorial organs to investigate and prosecute. Subsequently, the Mailji District People s Court of Tianshui City, Gansu Province in July 2009 sentenced Yu Wutang to 1 year imprisonment on charges of embezzlement.

30. Case of Accepting Bribes Involving Wen Ming, Former Vice Director of Nanjiang County People s Government Procurement Center, Sichuan Province
The National Audit Office (CNAO) in organizing the follow-up audit of the Wenchuan Earthquake post-disaster restoration and reconstruction found that: in November 2008, during the procurement of computers with a total price of 4.6285 million yuan by the Nanjiang County Education Bureau using Wenchuan Earthquake post-disaster teaching instruments and equipment replacement funds, Wen Ming accepted in succession 50,000 yuan and a notebook computer valued at 5,200 yuan from Liu Dingguo, general manager of Mian Yang Dingfeng Science and Technology Co., Ltd. The audit organs referred the case to the Nanjiang County People s Government. Subsequent to placing the case on record, investigation and prosecution by the county people's procuratorial organs, the Nanjiang County People's Court of Sichuan Province in October 2009 sentenced Wen Ming to 4 years imprisonment on charges of accepting bribes; sentenced Mian Yang Dingfeng Science and Technology Co. to fines of 350,000 yuan on charges of organizational bribery, and exempted Liu Dingguo from criminal punishment.
31. Case of Abuse of Authority Resulting in Substantial Loss Involving Zang Qichen, Former General Manager of Hebei Provincial Power Company

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit investigation of the electric power construction situation of 17 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities found that: Zang Qichen, former general manager of Hebei Provincial Power Company arbitrarily approved the use of workers pension insurance funds for trust financing in violation of regulations, resulting in the loss of 421 million yuan.

The CNAO referred the case to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection s Supervision Department to investigate and deal with accordingly. Subsequent to prosecution by the procuratorial organs, the Yuhua District People's Court of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province in April 2009 sentenced him to 5 years imprisonment with 3 years probation on charges of abuse of authority by staff of state-owned companies and enterprises.

32. The Issue of Stock Market Guru Wang Jianzhong Manipulating the Securities Market
The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. found that: Beijing Shoufang Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. s chairman Wang Jianzhong took advantage of his power of influence, and using the opportunity in making stock recommendations to the public, manipulated the securities market by means of advance purchases and preemptive trading, etc. through stock accounts under his control, and thus made profits illegally. After the CNAO referred the matter to the Securities Regulatory Commission to investigate and deal with accordingly, it was determined that Wang Jianzhong s securities market manipulation acts stand, his 125 million yuan illegal income was confiscated, an equal amount of fines and lifetime ban of entry in the securities market was imposed; at the same time, Beijing Shoufang Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. s securities investment consulting business qualification was withdrawn.
33. The Issue of Sichuan Zhonghui Industry Group s False Application for the Central Government s New Investment Project
The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its special audit investigation of the implementation and effects of the central government s policy measures for expanding domestic demand to promote the stable and rapid economic development found that: Sichuan Zhonghui Industry Group Co., Ltd. fabricated false information and extracted 11.8 million yuan of central government investment. After the CNAO referred the matter to Meishan City People's Government to investigate and deal with accordingly, the Group s chairman Peng Zhonghui was issued a serious warning within the Party; three individuals including director of Meishan City s former Economic and Trade Commission Ran Dengxiang were given admonishing talks; Meishan City s former Economic and Trade Commission and the Dongpo District Government made in-depth self-criticisms to the Meishan City Government; the project funds were fully recovered.
34. The Issue of Extracting and Seizing Project Funds Involving He Jinping, Former Chairman of Xinkaiyuan Sewage Treatment Co., Ltd., Nanbu County, Sichuan Province

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit of the situation regarding the allocation of Central finance organized by the National Development and Reform Commission found that: from October 2008 to March 2009, He Jinping in the Nanbu County sewage treatment works project implementation process extracted 10.

8 million yuan of project funds by falsely stating expenditures, and transferred the funds to the Nanbu County Wanda Real Estate Company, of which he himself is the legal representative. As of the time of the audit, he still seized 5.2 million yuan. After the CNAO referred the matter to the local discipline inspection supervision organs to deal with, He Jinping and the vice chairman of the company have been dismissed, the accountant and cashier have been transferred from their original positions, and the relevant funds have been recovered.

35. The Issue of Embezzlement Involving Zhang Hanquan, Former Director of the Technical Methods Institute of the Guangzhou Ocean Geology Survey Bureau
The National Audit Office (CNAO) in its audit investigation of the performance of central finance special funds found that: from 2003 to July 2008, the Technical Methods Institute of the Guangzhou Ocean Geology Survey Bureau, by means of drawing food subsidies, entering false invoices into accounts, etc., took 852,900 yuan of finance funds from the Bureau s Planning and Finance Section and deposited it in the personal bank card of Pan Yong, one of the unit s staff, and from it, charged travel expenditures and cadre bonuses, etc. In February 2008, Zhang Hanquan transferred 120,000 yuan out of the above funds to his personal bank card, inviting suspicion of embezzlement. After the CNAO referred the matter to the discipline inspection organs to deal with, Zhang Hanquan was given a punishment of serious warning within the Party and administrative demotion; Pan Yong was discharged from public office and expelled from the Party.
36. The Issue of Extracting Subsidy Funds Involving Xingui Village of Nanquan Township, Shifang City, Sichuan Province

The National Audit Office (CNAO) in organizing the follow-up audit of the Wenchuan Earthquake post-disaster restoration and reconstruction found that: in March 2009, Xingui Village of Nanquan Township, Shifang City, Sichuan Province, extracted 59,900 yuan of finance subsidy funds by means of fraudulent applications and claims, fraudulent listing of expenditures, etc.

After the audit organs referred the matter to the City s Discipline Inspection Commission to investigate and deal with accordingly, the illicit funds have been fully recovered; Yang Dafu, the Village Party branch secretary and Liao Jixiang, the Village chairman were dismissed and given a punishment of serious warning within the Party; Zhong Sixiong, the Township s vice mayor in charge of rural housing reconstruction was given a punishment of serious warning within the Party; the City Procuratorate approved the arrest of Village Party branch secretary Yang Dafu.