Former Client Manager Pleads Guilty to Accepting $470,000 in Tether Bribes

Lin Junxian, a former client manager at China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited, has admitted to conspiring to accept bribes involving over $470,000 in cryptocurrency Tether. Lin, along with an employee of a fintech company and an accomplice, illegally certified multiple false documents without bank authorization to provide guarantees for several insurance-related investment transactions. An internal investigation by CCB (Asia) uncovered the incident, leading to a corruption complaint to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), with full cooperation provided. Judge Lin Jianhong has postponed sentencing until September 18, during which the defendant will be remanded to the Correctional Services Department for custody.

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