A former director of the financial department at a company in Jiangxi Province was recently brought to prosecution by the Nanchang People's Procuratorate after embezzling over 10 million yuan (US$1.2 million) for the lottery.

Li Wei, 31, siphoned the money from his company between June 2002 and December 2005 using fake bills. He fled the company on December 11 with a fake ID card and 10,000 yuan (US$1,234) in cash. Li was caught in January in Mishan of Heilongjiang Province.

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