A top Chinese regional official has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party – and may face heavy punishment for allegedly “supporting” crypto mining in exchange for bribes and sex.
Per NBD and the China Daily, charges against the official, Xiao Yi, were leveled by the supervisory committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) – the highest internal control body in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Xiao Yi had been serving as the vice-chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a key political advisory body to the central government.
Following September’s crackdown on crypto mining, the focus from enforcers has mainly been on shutting down miners who are
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