Update | Former bank chief who amassed dozens of properties jailed for three years over fake IDs
Gong Aiai, a former deputy chief of Shenmu Rural Commercial Bank and nicknamed "Sister House" by mainland internet users, was sentenced at Jingbian County Court in Yulin for forging and trading official documents, the Yulin Intermediate People's Court said in its Sina Weibo microblog.
A former deputy bank chief accused of forging identities to buy dozens of properties was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday by a court in Shaanxi province.
Gong Aiai, a former deputy chief of Shenmu Rural Commercial Bank and nicknamed "Sister House" by mainland internet users, was sentenced at Jingbian County Court in Yulin for forging and trading official documents, the Yulin Intermediate People's Court said in its Sina Weibo microblog.
The court said Gong knowingly provided false identity information to obtain two identities in Shaanxi and one in Beijing, actions that disrupted social order and exerted a negative social impact.
The case against Gong attracted nationwide attention as police evidence showed that Gong, 49, owned more than 40 properties, including 26 shops, seven offices, seven flats and one villa in Beijing with a total contract price of 395 million yuan (HK$498 million) under four identities.
Under the law, each mainland resident is allowed only one ID. Gong's extra IDs have been revoked .
Gong denied the charges in her trial last Tuesday, arguing that she did not know it was illegal to have more than one ID. It is not known whether Gong will appeal.
