Shi Jianxiang, a Chinese businessman who has lived a luxurious life in California in recent years, was arrested in Las Vegas last week. He was accused of using a fraudulently obtained visa to enter the United States.
The U.S. Department of Justice stated in a written statement last Friday that Shi Jianxiang was accused of lying about his name in order to obtain a non-immigrant visa. According to the Ministry of Justice, Shi Jianxiang, 57, is considered to be in danger of escape and will be detained until trial by the Federal Court.
According to China’s official records, Shi Jianxiang is on the list of China’s highest-level most wanted persons for financial crimes. A front-page article in The Wall Street Journal in 2019 reported on Shi Jianxiang and his person, detailing how he lived in the Los Angeles area after escaping from China in 2016, where he ran a Hollywood film company. He promoted a cryptocurrency company with boxer Mike Tyson and took a photo with the then U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Chinese government alleges that Shi Jianxiang disappeared after committing a fraud and causing several Shanghai financial companies under his control to lose billions of dollars; in the process of the influx of new financial investments such as online P2P lending by Chinese investors, the scale of these companies Be expanded. An INTERPOL still valid “red wanted order” stated that Shi Jianxiang was wanted by the Chinese government on suspicion of “funding fraud.”
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