China Stories: The Shadowy Businessman Behind a Multibillion-Dollar Bank Swindle

Oct.20.2022

Lü Yi built a massive business network on billions of yuan in fraudulent loans and turned rural banks into personal ATMs. Then he vanished

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Please note this is an audio narration of a Caixin Global article first published on Sept. 21, 2022.

Contact reporter Kelsey Cheng (kelseycheng@caixin.com)

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