Once the case had been withdrawn, bringing charges again required new evidence.
They had to find new evidence that the defendant had maliciously labeled the product as a principal-protected investment on a third-party platform when its actual terms did not match that description.
This would establish the possibility that Laihai Bank had engaged in illegal fundraising through this investment product, as well as its subjective intent.
But this new evidence would be very difficult to find.
Although the court nominally had the authority to obtain such evidence, approaching the third-party platform and getting it to produce the relevant evidence would be extremely difficult.
Why was that?
Because this case also involved the third-party platform's reputation and the allocation of its liability.
The third-party platform had a responsibility to verify and oversee whether the terms of Laihai Bank's agreement matched the description on its label.
Asking the third party to produce evidence of Laihai Bank's illegal conduct was undoubtedly asking the platform to produce evidence of its own wrongdoing and documentation of its own liability.
Under those circumstances, would the third party produce evidence of its own liability?
Of course not!
"There's nothing wrong with the person in charge. All the procedures were compliant. At most, there were certain mistakes. There was no deliberate wrongdoing."
"Handle this matter on that basis. Don't discuss anything else. Just follow the procedures."
Faced with the reminder from the other end, Lin Sheng continued, "I know this isn't a minor issue!"
After leaving the court, Su Bai took Li Xuezhen to the China Banking Regulatory Commission in Upper Capital.
Jiang Wei had been present at the first-instance trial, so he had a fairly good understanding of what had happened.
"The amount involved is more than four billion!"
Finally, after Lin Sheng elaborated further, the person