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A Chinese court has jailed for 17 years a businessman who ran a 100 billion yuan pyramid scheme and organised a rare street protest in Beijing against police investigations into his activities, state media reported. Zhang Tianming and nine other staff from his company, Shenzhen-based Shan Xin Hui, were found guilty in a hearing on Friday of running a multi-level marketing company and of disturbing social order.Shuangpai County People Court in central Hunan province handed Zhang a 17-year jail sentence and a 100 million yuan fine after he used social media to organise a public protest involvi stanley cup ng more than 600 people from his marketing platform, state broadcaster CCTV reported late on F stanley cup riday. The investors took to the streets of the capital in July last year, holding banners and shouting slogans, which obstructed and defied police work, the court said.Also read|θ½Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as Sri Lanka Prime Ministerθ½Zhang company had lure air max 1 d investors with promises of high rates of return on projects that were meant to help the poor, but had instead paid out early members purely using funds from new joiners, a court investigation found. Nearly 6 million people and over 100 billion yuan $14.48 billion were involved in the scheme, the court said.The nine other executives were handed prison sentences ranging from 18 months to 10 years, it said. Reuters was unable to contact Zhang or the other nine individuals. Beijing police detained 67 Shan Xin Hui investors Apby Google, NBCUniversal to bring Virtual Reality experiences for users
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