China denies rumour that detained mint banker forged US$314bil of notes

Chen Yaoming's detention was one of the top trending topics on Weibo on Dec 22, 2021. - Reuters

BEIJING (Bloomberg): China’s central bank denied a rumour that a detained senior official forged us$314 billion worth of banknotes.

Chen Yaoming was one of the people in charge of minting China’s cash until he was detained recently on suspicion of unspecified "serious crimes.”