Taipei charges 31 in connection to im.B caseStaff writer, with CNAProsecutors yesterday said that they have indicted 31 people in connection with the collapse of NT$9 billion (US$282.27 million) peer-to-peer lending platform im.B. Five of the 31 had been detained, including Tseng Kuo-wei (曾國緯) and Chang Shu-fen (張淑芬), the couple who founded im.B in 2015, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement. Criminal Investigation Bureau agents escort Tseng Kuo-wei, center, the founder of peer-to-peer lending platform im.B, in Taoyuan on May 4. Entertainer Sheng Chu-ju (盛竹如), who appeared in advertisements promoting im.B, was not indicted due to a lack of evidence, prosecutors said. A Criminal Investigation Bureau official accused of accepting commissions from im.B would not face criminal charges, prosecutors added.

Source: Taipei Times August 29, 2023 21:31 UTC