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Former CCTV anchor arrested for fraudPosted by Joel Martinsen on Monday, October 19, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Fang Hongjin, a well-known former CCTV anchor, was arrested in Xingtai, Hebei Province, late last week on suspicion of fraud. Fang, who appears on the cover of today's Yantai Evening News, stands accused of accepting payment from companies to place their products in TV dramas without following through on his promises. In 1992, Fang became the founding anchor of CCTV's Focus Interview program. He left the network in 2003 to join Dragon TV, where he stayed for three years. According to the Hebei Youth Daily report reprinted in the Yantai Evening News, Fang accepted one million yuan in 2006 to promote the Jinmailang brand of instant noodles in a TV drama. In 2008, the company sued to recover the money after the product placements were not realized. What's particularly interesting about this case is how it echoes a rumor about CCTV journalist Chai Jing that circulated online in late September. According to that rumor (in ESWN's translation):
According to the Shanghai Daily, Fang has been released on bail after repaying roughly one million yuan to the noodle manufacturer. Links and Sources
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Comments on Former CCTV anchor arrested for fraud
this case has got to have more complications than just being fraud as such a high profile reporter he is.
How does an anchor decide what commercials get aired or not? Or is he just the headline beacause of his celebrity status...