Evergrande

The property tycoon was convicted of fundraising fraud and bribery, while Evergrande and its onshore unit were fined 15.82 billion yuan

Evergrande Group's founder Hui Ka Yan had been accused of a litany of crimes including illegally absorbing public deposits and fundraising fraud

Now a symbol of China's real estate boom and bust, Evergrande was delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday

The delisting comes as liquidators sifting through the books revealed that the developer's debt load now stands at about HK$350 billion ($45 billion), much bigger than previously disclosed

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Oaktree Capital Management LP, run by billionaire Howard Marks, is maneuvering for advantage by seeking claim to Evergrande assets outside the Hong Kong liquidation process

Chinese authorities have been examining PwC's role in Evergrande's accounting practices since CSRC accused developer in March of a $78-billion fraud over a period of two years through 2020

The troubled developer's liquidators are pursuing legal action to recover approximately $6 billion from seven defendants

PwC has been in focus over its role in auditing China Evergrande Group which was accused of a $78 billion fraud, triggering a client exodus, cost cuts and layoffs

PwC's China unit has already lost at least two-thirds of its accounting revenues from mainland-listed clients this year since its Evergrande audit failure

PwC has been under the spotlight after China launched one of the biggest investigations of financial fraud in history

Creditors of the Evergrande units - including Evergrande itself, if there are outstanding loans - must report details of money owed before creditor meetings

China Evergrande defaulted on more than $300 billion of its international debts in 2021, triggering a financial crisis within China's property sector

The liquidators said they had obtained injunctions restraining Hui, Ding and Xia from dealing with, disposing of, or diminishing the value of their worldwide assets up to various prescribed limits

The value of new home sales at China's top 100 real estate companies slid 41.6% in January-June from the same period a year ago

In annual terms, new home prices were down 3.9% from a year earlier, compared with a 3.1% slide in April

Evergrande was ordered to be liquidated by a Hong Kong court in January, after it failed to deliver a concrete restructuring plan for its $23 billion worth of offshore debt deemed to be in default

All of Evergrande's properties in Hong Kong have been seized or sold, while the personal assets of Hui are not included in the liquidation process

PwC has been under the spotlight after China launched one of the biggest investigations of financial fraud in history involving developer Evergrande

It fuels concern about how widespread such accounting issues are, just as the new China Securities Regulatory Commission chairman is trying to tighten oversight