In a nation of superlatives when it comes to the scale of just about everything, now one former official in North China's Inner Mongolia can add his dubious achievement to the list: a staggering 3 billion yuan ($420 million) in misappropriated funds and accepted bribes, the biggest haul from graft by an individual in the country's history, according to Caixin calculations based on publicly available information.
Li Jianping, who once headed a special economic zone in Hohhot and the city's water management authority, was found guilty of pocketing this massive sum in September 2022 and sentenced to death for corruption, bribery, embezzlement and engaging in organized crime. He filed an appeal and the Inner Mongolia High Court retried the case in August. A new verdict is still pending.
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