Former Customer Manager of CCB Asia Charged with Accepting $470,000 in Cryptocurrency Bribes

Lin Junxian, a former customer manager at China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited, admitted to conspiring with an employee of a fintech company and his accomplices to accept over $470,000 in bribes in the form of cryptocurrency "Tether." Lin illegally certified multiple false documents without the bank's authorization to provide guarantees for several insurance-related investment transactions. The incident was uncovered through an internal investigation by CCB Asia, which subsequently reported the matter to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and provided full cooperation. Judge Lian Jinhong postponed the sentencing of the case to September 18, during which the defendant remains in custody at the Correctional Services Department.

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