# Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan sentenced to life in prison

https://mins.news/en/item/26944

- BBC News, 2026-08-20 05:07 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0x9mjjmgjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Hui Ka Yan, founder of China’s Evergrande, has been given a life sentence and had his personal assets confiscated after pleading guilty to charges including embezzlement and corporate bribery. A Shenzhen court also fined Evergrande 8.82bn yuan and its property arm 7bn yuan, marking a key moment in the fallout from the developer’s collapse.

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