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China's most indebted real estate developer, Evergrande, and its founder faced a range of charges including misappropriation of funds, fundraising fraud, and taking public deposits, according to a Shenzhen city court announcement. In a statement posted on the court's official WeChat account, Xu Jiayin said he had pleaded guilty and expressed remorse during hearings held on April 13 and 14. Evergrande defaulted in 2021 on the majority of its roughly $300 billion in debt, along with billions of dollars in asset-management products, becoming a symbol of the prolonged crisis in China's real estate sector, which has weighed on economic growth. Reuters said it had not been able to reach Xu Jiayin, who has not appeared in public since his detention by Chinese authorities in 2023 following Evergrande's collapse. Previously, in 2024, Chinese securities regulators fined him $6.6 million and banned him from the stock market for life, after determining that Evergrande's core unit inflated profits and engaged in securities fraud. In addition to the charges, the court said Xu Jiayin and Evergrande faced further allegations including illegal lending, issuing fraudulent securities, and bribery through related entities. The sentencing date has not yet been announced.

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