8年造假涉案超130亿元！亿利洁能领3.75亿元罚单

Core Points - Yili Clean Energy Co., Ltd. and its controlling shareholder Yili Resource Group, along with 29 related responsible persons, received a notice of administrative penalty from the Inner Mongolia Securities Regulatory Bureau for suspected violations of information disclosure and fraudulent bond issuance, facing a total penalty of 240 million yuan [1][2] - The company was found to have engaged in financial fraud from 2016 to 2022, including fictitious futures trading, inflated investment income, and fabricated trade activities, leading to significant misstatements in its financial reports [2][3] - The company provided over 9.4 billion yuan in illegal guarantees to its controlling shareholder and related parties from 2017 to 2022, failing to disclose these guarantees in its annual reports, resulting in major omissions [3] Financial Misconduct Details - From 2016 to 2022, Yili Clean Energy inflated or deflated profits, with the maximum annual profit reduction reaching 128 million yuan, which accounted for -12.77% of the reported profit for that year [2] - The company inflated its assets by up to 3.115 billion yuan in one instance, representing 8.49% of the total assets reported for that period [2] - The fictitious trade activities resulted in a total inflated revenue exceeding 13 billion yuan from 2017 to 2021, with two years showing over 3.5 billion yuan in inflated revenue, accounting for over 20% of the reported revenue for those years [2] Penalties and Consequences - The proposed penalties include 210 million yuan for Yili Clean Energy, 30 million yuan for Yili Group, and 30 million yuan for the former chairman Wang Wenbiao, who faces a lifetime market ban [3] - Other executives, including four individuals, face bans ranging from 5 to 10 years, with over 20 responsible persons facing fines between 500,000 to 5.4 million yuan [3][4] - Despite the penalties, the company claims that its production and operations remain normal and that there is no risk of being delisted due to this punishment, although it acknowledges potential impacts on cash flow [5][6]